Someone once told me that there are only two things that occur in everyone’s life that are certain; and whoever you are, reading this, I can tell you that you will be born, and you will die. The rest is taken care of by chance, opportunity, nature and nurture. However, how do we make the most of in-between? And not let the fear of the latter get in our path of enjoying life?
There’s been many times where I’ve been enthused by something, something that makes me think ‘I’m really going to make the most of life from now on’, and from that moment, I consciously savour every smell, look people deep in the eye, and go to bed only when I can’t keep my eyes open any longer.
Sadly, this never lasts for more than a few days, before I’m back to my old ways of complaining about small things and staying in bed, ignoring the sunshine timidly peeking under my curtain. These said moments have occurred a lot more recently. For example, after watching films, hearing about people dying, and when I got diagnosed with a minor heart condition.
People, who in my opinion are in denial, often shrug off smoking, saying that you could eat ten portions of fruit and vegetables a day and partake in weekly marathons, only to be run over when you’re 20, so why not just enjoy life instead? But in my opinion, there isn’t a decision of living healthily or dangerously, it’s just a matter of truly enjoying whatever you do with the time between birth and death. It’s quarter past midnight, and I’m now going to stay awake ‘till at least 1 o clock, well I have to be awake for my yoga and wheatgrass shot, you see.
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