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I answered that one learns to live, not by hearing of other lives, but by living; for words are infinitely less important than acts. If you deceive someone, you lose one of life's greatest treasures, you lose the capacity to trust. Because without trust, love is not possible. The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing; the main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unseen attack. Life is a disease: and the only difference between one man and another is the stage of the disease at which he lives. Appreciation of life itself, becoming suddenly aware of the miracle of being alive, on this planet, can turn what we call ordinary life into a miracle. We come awake to such a realization when we recognize our connection to a spiritual dimension. It takes a real storm in the average person's life to make him realize how much worrying he has done over the squalls. Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh, be swift to love, make haste to be kind. When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life. All of us are what we have to be and everyone lives the kind of life its in him to live. Seeing death as the end of life is like seeing the horizon as the end of the ocean. And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Your body is the baggage you must carry through life. The more excess baggage, the shorter the trip. Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.
If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself. Not only is life a bitch, it has puppies. Life is made up of a series of experiences. Each one will make you stronger, even though it may be hard for you to realize it at the time. |
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