Dying to Death … ( 12 / 10 / 2013 )
Dying to Death … ( 12 / 10 / 2013 )
“ Live as if you were already dead .” ~ Japanese Samurai saying
In actuality , this seemingly dark wisdom is anything but morbid … In fact , this wisdom is raw genius ; potentially the most important thing I could ever share with any of you … For when we wake up to the TRUTH that life — everyone ’ s life — is fragile and precious and fleeting , then we have no choice but to become fully alive once more — alive like we were in our infancy — alive like we were in our beginning .
When we wake up to the TRUTH that we are not here to merely “ have fun ” or “ be successful ” or “ live a good life ” — the TRUTH that these pursuits are actually an avoidance of life and not a living of it , then our options become deliciously limited :
* In such moments of Awakening , we have no choice but to go beyond being merely nice to our loved ones , and we must choose to openly honor them instead …
* In such moments of Enlightenment , we have no choice but to go beyond being merely respectful to strangers , and we must choose to be courageously Kind to them instead …
* In such moments of Clarity , we have no choice but to go beyond being merely “ fair ” to our enemies , and we must choose to be selflessly compassionate with them instead …
* And in such moments of Epiphany , we have no choice but to go beyond being merely “ good to ourselves ”, and we must choose to be Good to our Selves — by being Good to all others – instead .
The fact of the matter is : you don ’ t have much time left , my Friend … … The fact of the matter is : none of us do .
Indeed , today is both the very first and the very last today you will ever have , and if you are truly Loving of your Self , you will ponder this TRUTH — you will ask yourself this morning : what worthiness am I going to DO today ? Right now , what soft Kindness am I going to set in motion ?
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