Life is an opportunity, benefit from it. Life is beauty, admire it. Life is bliss, taste it. Life is a dream, realize it. Life is a challenge, meet it. Life is a duty, complete it. Life is a game, play it. Life is a promise, fulfill it. Life is sorrow, overcome it. Life is a song, sing it. Life is a struggle, accept it. Life is a tragedy, confront it. Life is an adventure, dare it. Life is luck, make it. Life is too precious, do not destroy it. Life is life, fight for it. ~Mother Theresa
Life is many different things. Some people let life just pass them by and that is a waste. By that, I mean they stay in their own little world and don?t try to learn anything new or meet new people or try new things. I guess if I was going to sum in a different way, I?d say, don?t be afraid to live. If you?re afraid to live, how can you fulfill your dreams?
I have benefited from opportunities when I wasn?t afraid to take them.
I would not miss the beauty of a sunrise or sunset, the changing colors of the tree leaves in autumn, the wave crests on the ocean, the singing birds and the fresh green of spring.
I think it?s important to feel happy over small accomplishments and not to yearn for things that seem bigger and better. If you?re never satisfied with what you?ve got or what you can do, it?s really hard to enjoy your life.
I didn?t have too many dreams as a child or a young adult. I don?t think it was because I didn?t have dreams or an imagination. I think it was a wrongful conclusion I?d reached. Life is hard and so many things go wrong, it?s hard to imagine a time when things would go right enough to be able to realize a dream. I think differently now. I have a beautiful home and I?m writing. My children are healthy. My life didn?t end when Rich?s did. I found love again and that is a dream come true.
Life is definitely a challenge. Life is not easy. There are obstacles in the way, and the obstacles could be a lot of different things: financial disaster, major health problem, death of a loved one, war ? But all of these things need a response. You can either face it or try to run away. Running away doesn?t solve anything though. You might put off dealing with it for a little while but not forever. I need to be strong enough not to let a problem or a tragedy stop me from living. It would be too easy to give up and hide. You can?t live if you are hiding. That?s why it?s so important to keep trying no matter how hard things get.
It?s weird to think of life as a ?duty?. I think it means that life is a precious gift, don?t squander it. Don?t live under your potential. There are expectations from other people about our lives. Some of the expectations are to become parents and raise children well, to work hard, love other people, and work hard. Those are tasks to work on and at the end of your life, completed.
Life is a game ? maybe this is why there?s a board game with that name, ?Life?. The object of that game is to start at ?go? and travel around the board making critical life decisions. Okay, so this is a game but one of the first options is to go to college or go directly to a trade. There are decisions like that all through the game. One way or another, we all have to play this game.
Life can be tragedy or sorrow. It?s not easy to get away from that. People we love die. People we love struggle with health problems. It?s really easy to fall into despair and I have to fight against that. I just say to myself over and over either ?This too shall pass? or ?That which doesn?t destroy us only serves to make us stronger.?
To balance that, sometimes everything goes really well and we can celebrate (birthdays, weddings, new babies) and rejoice. It?s easy to worry when times go well for a long time. Then we start worrying about what disaster is around the corner. That?s a shame because it seems to me we should try to enjoy the good times as long as they last.
Life is precious and life is worth fighting for ? I think what Mother Theresa meant is that we should not give up on ourselves until we?re about to draw our last breath.