To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.
Oscar Wilde
I once told my counselor, some people worry when someone they care about wishes they could die. What do you say to somebody that wishes they could live? Before counseling, I felt like I stood on the outside of life looking in at a place I was not allowed to be. Now, I am living and loving it. It can be one bumpy ride but I feel alive.
Where there is love there is life.
6 comments:
Roller coasters are bumpy rides too, but they're fun!
Hugs!
This quote by Wilde reminds me of an excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's book, Walden:
The millions are awake enough for physical labor; but only one in a million is awake enough for effective intellectual exertion, only one in a hundred millions to a poetic or divine life. To be awake is to be alive. I have never yet met a man who was quite awake. How could I have looked him in the face?
I am noticing. :)
Thanks mulderfan.
Insidesopen, excellent addition to the post. I wonder if being awake is also the state in which we accept truth...
I used to "exist" only.
Learning to Live is terribly difficult. I feel better just trying though.
Very important.
Thanks Laurel.
Good point lifesizevision.
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