On being Care-full … ( 02 / 10 / 2014 )
On being Care-full … ( 02 / 10 / 2014 )
" Be careful " ... " Take care " ... " Be safe " ... " Take it easy "
Yeah , right … These valedictions ( and all others like them ) might be wellintended , and yet they really don ' t help us to live longer -- and they certainly don ' t help us to live more Meaning-fully … Indeed , there is literally no way we can ever fulfill any of them with any certainty , for no matter how careful , protective , safe or laid-back we choose to be , life has a way of sneaking up on us all .
As P . G . Wodehouse so aptly put it : " It ' s always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with a bit of lead piping ."
So , seeing as how we can ' t ever hope to be fully prepared or totally secure , I ' ve got a better idea ... Let ' s live today completely ; without an ounce of hope or an inkling of expectation . Let ' s live it fully , as if it were our last ; allowing it to absolutely overflow with rich , thick , joyful moments of reckless Caring , headlong Generosity and wild Compassion .
Yeah ... That sounds more like it .
“ The only tyrant I accept in this world is the ' still small voice ' within me . And even though I have to face the prospect of being a minority of one , I humbly believe I have the courage to be in such a minority .” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
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