I poised this question first to a friend of mine who didn’t
answer the question, as they were trying to figure out what exactly I wanted to
know. So, the next best thing to do is
pose the question to myself. When DO I
Live?
From a realistic everyday point of view, I live every second
of every day. But the truth for me is
that I exist for every second of every day and rarely to I actually LIVE! Even in my homeless state, I still have
responsibilities that require me to earn a living and for bills to be
paid. Therefore, like most people I have
a ‘real’ job that pays my bills, even if the income is very limited and not
enough to really live properly. So when
I go to that job and work, I am not working to live, I am working to
exist. To live a life that society has
determined is required to be ‘normal’ and to have what the ‘average’ person
has.
When I actually LIVE is when I am helping others. Yes, I am blessed to have a day job that
allows me the flexability to take time off to do what I LIVE for. I just want the two options to combine so I
can do what I Love doing and Live to do.
Thus, for those times that I actually get to LIVE, they are rare and far
between, so I cherish them even more.
The times that I get to do what I want, which may be as
simple as walking on the trails of a city lake, or bike riding, or even
chilling out by myself, those times are also moments where I can Live. These moments are my ‘down’ time, my time to
clear my mind to allow me to be open to the Universal thought which in turns
gives me opportunities to create and do the things that allow me to help
others. Therefore, even those down times
lead me to do what I Love to do and what I Live for.
When you are wrapped up in your busy world, do you find time
to actually ‘live’?
Life goes on…I go on
