The zither’s last note still hangs in the room;
late spring, and the spring clothes are newly sewn.
Five or six grown friends, six or seven boys —
bathing in the river, singing all the way home. What ease.
Success culture yells louder; contentment culture lasts longer. This sign endorses the modest want — the ordinary evening, the work that fits, the friend at arm’s length. Declaring "enough" is not small ambition; it is the rarest one.
The ordinary-Tuesday prize: the person who makes plain evenings good is the whole reward. The fortune endorses the modest want as the rarest ambition.
Ask for the enough-number — the chase without one has neither finish line nor payout. Declaring enough is not small ambition here; it is the winning answer.
Read energy as the currency: the role that still leaves strength at night is the promotion nobody advertises. The teacher sides with the spring bath.
Write your "spring bath" answer: the life scene that is actually enough. Read it monthly.
