A Distant Hum

Is the most important thing.

Waking across the parking lot, the monotonous hum of many engines rings hollow to many a man.

An oft ignored cry from the great minds of the past converging with the bombastic roars of today.

Such a common thing, the engine is. Yet it is taken for granted by almost all of us.

The beauty of the combustion engine is that it ties our modern world to the not so distant past. It reminds me that there are some things that never change.

Underneath the vehement roar of progress in the modern world sits the gentle hum of the past. While it is not gone, it is oh so quickly forgotten.

We all have bits and pieces of our past that are so integral to our identities as people. Don’t let the cries of today take away from who you are. Let that little piece of joy that, much like the past, is always present.

Don’t lose the hum of joy that abides in you.