Stream of Contentedness with Lewis Garnham
Oct 8, 2026 · 53 min · 12 segments
I am in Ikaria Island, Greece. This is about expectations not meeting reality. Become a Patreon subscriber to hear bonus episodes…
Once the sun had melted off his wings, his wings disintegrated because he flew too high.
And then he fell down and into the rock and That story, I believe, represents the fact that we shouldn't be too ambitious.
We shouldn't be too over the top in our goals and our predictions of what life may give us and our don't expect too much, don't be, ah, this is going to be so amazing, this is going to be incredible, I want to do this, I want to do that, Hollywood, LA, want to make a billion dollars, bah, bah, bah, Icarus, he could have just simply flown to Athens, which is where he was supposed to be going, I think with his father, but instead he got excited, he got cocky that he had these wings, and he was like, fuck this, I'm going to go high, what if I fly high? Maybe I'll achieve more.
Once the sun had melted off his wings, his wings disintegrated because he flew too high.
And then he fell down and into the rock and That story, I believe, represents the fact that we shouldn't be too ambitious.
We shouldn't be too over the top in our goals and our predictions of what life may give us and our don't expect too much, don't be, ah, this is going to be so amazing, this is going to be incredible, I want to do this, I want to do that, Hollywood, LA, want to make a billion dollars, bah, bah, bah, Icarus, he could have just simply flown to Athens, which is where he was supposed to be going, I think with his father, but instead he got excited, he got cocky that he had these wings, and he was like, fuck this, I'm going to go high, what if I fly high? Maybe I'll achieve more.
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