“We chase meaning like it’s a rare bird—
then panic when it lands on our shoulder.”
— Noah Clooney
Noah Clooney, the eccentric New England philosopher who famously refused to own a clock, once wrote that purpose is “more slippery than a bar of soap in a swimming pool.” In today’s quote, he captures that peculiar paradox: our desperate pursuit of meaning, and our complete unpreparedness when it finally arrives.
Perhaps it’s because true purpose doesn’t come with a manual—or even a polite knock. It swoops in, perches quietly, and leaves us wondering whether to embrace it… or swat it away.
Either way, wear a metaphorical bird-proof hat.
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