“What you most want is what you can’t have. And what you most can’t have… is what you already had and lost.” The Odyssey isn’t just an adventure about monsters and gods. It’s a story about longing. Odysseus spends twenty years trying to return to the ordinary life he once took for granted, reminding us that we often don’t recognize the value of something until it’s impossible to get back. Maybe the greatest tragedy isn’t losing something. Maybe it’s realizing what it meant only after it’s gone.

I think I lost it lol #culturaldifferences