Day 3

Has anyone ever told you how fucking short this life is?

Seriously.

I know everyone is stuck on the concept of YOLO (You Only Live Once) as a means for making reckless decisions concerning their body and wallet and whatever else, and that's nice but...

One day we won't be here anymore. All that will be left of us are a pile of bones in the ground and a nice blurb engraved on a piece of stone.

Here lies this person who did this thing and it was great or whatever.

Cured cancer.

Started a Revolution.

Became the first person to walk on Mars.

But what about who you were before that?

What about when you went somewhere new for the first time and fell in love with everyone and everything you saw?

What about the day you got your heart broken and you thought you would never be the same again?

What about when you walked out on your job and never looked back?

None of those events- or how they made you feel- were part of your "plan" for the future but they all led you one way or another to where you wanted to be.

Maybe not even that. Maybe they led you to where you needed to be, either for yourself or for someone else.

Because this story isn't just yours. It's ours.

We are all we've got.

This life is all we've got.

"We're all just walking each other home," -Ram Dass

And whether you drop them off at the door or take your coat off and stay the night or move in and stay the rest of your life, you are a part of every story of every person you've ever met.

So stand up and proclaim your love for your Chem lab professor. Muster up the courage to shave your head in honor of cancer survivors- or those who lost the battle. Pack up and leave everything you know behind and start over.

Because rejection doesn't last, and hair grows back and, even if you don't have it figured out yet, you will.

"Everything in your life is there as a vehicle for your transformation. Use it!" -Ram Dass

You are not the same person as you were yesterday, and you will be different still tomorrow. 

So live in the moment. Appreciate who you are today, and who others are today, because after all...

You Only Live Once.