"You Only Live Once" video still; The Strokes

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Sunday, May 2, 2004

"life is short" ...bull crap.

"Life is short"

in other words: the biggest piece of sheer bull ever spoken. In truth, everyone goes around believing life is short, forcing themselves to live as if each day were their last. Rushing to fulfill one's life in no way fulfills it. In the rush to fit LIFE into the time we believe so short, tunnel vision is created. a focus on living what we have never lived, facing the dangers to sieze the day before its over. But its not true. Life as we know (should i say "ignore") it, is long. it is, so. long. We should not be shutting out the truth of life to close in on our desires to fulfill. We should not be living each day as if it were our last; we should be living each day as if it were our first. Live as an innocence with a curiosity for the big world which in truth is small, to live with an appreciation for every creature existant and strange and normal. To live for the air, the ocean, the home, the family, the one. Life is not short. Its so true, you never know what tomorrow brings. But it is yet much better to have enjoyed a sunrise with *Milo* than to have recklessly learned to ski, which indeed might cut your life short.

here's from my journal.:

"They'll either do what makes them happy or, do what they think makes society happy. But the best thing for you, is to make you happy. Be selfish, but not inconsiderate. Now why do i say all this? Because life is short and you gotta make the most of it and be happy? Nope. Because life is not short. Living is the single longest thing we ever do and continue to do. So you damn well better be happy doing it."