The Fear of Life

The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. ~Mark Twain

First of all forgive me. I have a blog post with no facts. Bad, Bad Cao. But I will blog anyway. A few days ago I was reading a friends blog (I thought it was Tamara, but I can’t find it to save my life, so it must not have been). She completed Strawberry Singh’s (www.strawberrysingh.com) death meme and one of the answers to the questions caused me to pause. She said if the apocalypse happened she would sit up on a hill with her significant other and watch the city burning below and wait for their time to die. This answer caused me a moments pause because my visceral gut reaction was, not me, I’d hide under the bed. My answer bothered me and I’ve thought about it ever since. Because I realized hiding under the bed wouldn’t keep me from dying, it would just keep me from squeezing that last ounce of life I had left and I was so disappointed in me. The sad truth is, it’s easy to think we are living because we go through the motions every single day by rote. But are we truly living up to our potential? I think to truly live we have to leave our comfort zone, don’t hide under the bed, go up on that hill and face death with a ferocity and clarity not yet felt before. Feel a little pain, every single day, because it’s the pain that grows the wings that allows us to soar.

At least that’s my pivotal learning point from the meme. Just a little heavy thought as we slide into the weekend. Take a minute and think about the question if you can because like that commercial on TV, “Carolyn didn’t know this afternoon she’d have a heart attack”, we DON’T know what’s going to happen in the future so it behooves us to readjust our sails regularly because once “it” happens, no matter what our future “it” is, it would be nice to know we’d done the best we could for ourselves and somehow left the world just a little better, our lives comfortably lived in, wouldn’t it? Just a random thought for the day, take it for what it’s worth to you. Outfit: Outfit/Hat: Wicca’s Wardrobe, Ancantha **Penumbra Fashion Week** Earring: (Mandala), Odyssey- Artemis Bracelet: Donna Flora, Giorgia Ring: (Modern Couture), Rugaji Nails: !DarkHorse Nails, Striped Color Block Dark **NEW** ( http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Constantine/174/223/54 ) Hair Base: Tuty’s, Adorable Hair: Miamai, Roe Bun Skin: Glam Affair Hands/Feet: SLink