Marshmallow Nirvana

First, a dictionary.com definition of Nirvana:
Buddhism: The ineffable ultimate in which one has attained disinterested wisdom and compassion.
Hinduism: Emancipation from ignorance and the extinction of all attachment.

Basically means you are a pretty happy, relaxed dude or dude-et. Because you've figured out what is really important in life. Can roasting a marshmallow help one achieve this enlightened state? Maybe not by itself, but I've felt surprisingly enlightened on occasion while roasting marshmallows by campfire in Wimberley. Probably helps when I'm also watching shooting stars or enjoying absolute silence broken only by distant coyote howls.

This photograph of my daughter joining me in marshmallow worship at Wimberley brings me memories much stronger than the sugar overload it produced. She's a clever woman, and quickly mastered the rules of this art:
1) Stay upwind
2) Don't drop your prize in the ashes
3) Rotate, rotate, rotate
Followed thus, the resulting treat is golden all 'round, and gooey to the core. Maybe this is material for a marshmallow-based version of "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten"? Applying the simple rules of roasting to all of life's situations? Maybe not. Nevertheless, it is hard to imagine hate crimes, religious wars, frivolous lawsuits, political infighting, road rage, or similar ills among any people who ever took the time to simply sit by a campfire and roast marshmallows together.