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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Live

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.
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6 comments:

  1. mulderfanMay 4, 2011 at 4:10 AM

    Roller coasters are bumpy rides too, but they're fun!

    Hugs!

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  2. InsidesopenMay 4, 2011 at 6:25 AM

    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?

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  3. RuthMay 4, 2011 at 6:25 AM

    I am noticing. :)
    Thanks mulderfan.

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  4. RuthMay 4, 2011 at 6:34 AM

    Insidesopen, excellent addition to the post. I wonder if being awake is also the state in which we accept truth...

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  5. AnonymousMay 4, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    I used to "exist" only.

    Learning to Live is terribly difficult. I feel better just trying though.

    Very important.

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  6. RuthMay 4, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    Thanks Laurel.

    Good point lifesizevision.

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