In the moment

I heard it said once that "...in the moment, we have all we need to be happy...". It was a saint who said this, I believe. I can't remember who said it exactly and I wish I knew. It's an amazing thought, to think that in every moment, we have all we need to be happy. 

I'm going to try that thought out.
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I wonder what was happening when van Gogh painted The Starry Night. What made him go to that vista? Was he alone? Was he lonely? Was he thinking "Oh I have nothing to do today, thinking about another landscape painting". Did he think it'd be worth so much money in the future? Did it make him happy?  (All this assuming it took him one shot to paint it, which I don't think it did).

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So this one time at the tables, I was UTG with pocket aces. I had about 45 BB behind. I raised four times the big blind. Probably the best scenario for a short stack. Action folded to the button, who called. Villain in the SB reraised to 8 times the big blind. Hell. Yes. I 4-bet all in. Button, after thinking for like a minute throws his cards into the muck. SB, thinks... calls. He had me covered. We show our hands and go to the flop.

AA vs 99
Flop: 3 7 T rainbow
... okay, not bad.
Turn: Kh
... YES, now just had to fade the river.
...
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River: 9


.... Wow. That's some Aristotelian catharsis for you.