Friday, October 21, 2005
Life
In this day and age, I feel that we take the pure essence of living for granted. So many of us are concerned with what is going to happen in the future. What we need to do is realize that what we have is right here in front of us. Although it is cliche, it is absolutely true: tomorrow never comes. I think we, at least I know I do, often forget that. We can’t move forward if we don’t fully appreciate what is right in fron of us. Live. Live richly. Yesterday, one of my favorite teachers from high school was found dead behind her desk before the first period of the school day. All over the school the teachers had made posters that said this: “To live is to love. To love is the only way to live. Lady K lived more than any of us could ever hope to. May she rest in peace.” At the end of her life, the legacy that Lady K left behind was love. She lived intensly in the present, loving her life and existing on purpose.
That is the most important thing we can do. Love life. Loving life allows you to live in the moment you are in. If you don’t love how you are existing, it is easier to long to be somewhere else. Life is meant to be enjoyed. Each phase of life is no better than the next. As hard as that is to understand because we all long to grow up and be older, it is really something important. Who you were yesterday shapes who you will be tomorrow. Without our experiences, we could never think and feel the ways that we do. Living in the future or in the past causes us to not fully absorb our experiences in the present. Be content with who you are and how you are; that is the most important thing. In the end, how you want to be remember is how you should live.