Tim had a brain wave today.

A rather biggish one.

It came with the thick smell of rusty leaves. During one of the laziest, autumny surprisingly sunny and pleasent Brussels days ( you may understand that Tim is not necessarily used to sunny, non-rainy days in Brussels).

The brain wave came during the lunch break. During a laid-back chat with a friend.

And Tim did understand that his pursue for happiness is a bit of a contradiction in terms: cause Tim cannot “pursue happiness” and, in the same time, “be” happy. As simple as that. It’s like saying that walking to the beach is the same as being tanned.

There is also a bit of a (very male-like) cause/effect confusion. It is sort of a yang (male) type of thinking according to which “if i fulfill all the criteria” as required, point by point, I will necessarily get what I was promised. In other words, if I do x, y and z, I’ll get w.

Tim is not sure anymore that things work quite like it.

He is not sure therefore that if he does his sports and meditation, finds the dream-job, gets married, has 4 babies ( or god know what else, if he buys a bigger car and wins lottery, or becomes superman), if after all that he would necessarily be happy.

To cut the story short, that’s what Tim’s brain wave was about: he doubts that happiness is about having a plan.

He took a picture on Sunday at Flagey which very much resembles the idea of happiness.

Do you think that the little girl planned to be happy?

If you have photos or blog entries about such “brain waves” , please do share them with me. I’ll pass them on to Tim. Trust me on that.