Life is Far Too Important
If you catch yourself yelling at morning commuters; if you wake up in the gloom of yet another day in Cube Ville; if your day’s high point is a nightly beer or a morning shower self pleasuring session; if you cannot even find time to wish a good morning to family members or co-workers; if the perspective of the day to come, with its parade of meetings and dull tasks, turns you into a zombie-like frame of negative energy; if your response to human contact is ’not now I’m busy’, this message is for you:
Chill Out! Why? Because life is far too important to be taken seriously.
I know, you have heard this before and it has become one of these platitudes that only reinforces your sulky attitude. Now take a second look at it, a real deep look at every one of these words and what they really mean. Life is not important because your mere existence (more on that later) depends upon it. It is important because it is a gift, an opportunity, an insanely precious chance to experience a world of wonder beyond imagination. On this discovery journey, one encounters joy, sorrow, laugh, cry, pleasure and pain and all these feelings participate in shaping the soul, enriching it till it glows with its own life force and enlightment.. Does your current attitude fit this description? Mine does not but I am working on it.
Now let us revisit the fact that life is too important to be taken seriously. I thought, at first that this statement was so right, so ‘new agey’ in its lucidity that it belongs on the walls of my humble adobe. After many years, I realize it is wrong, in a way, and here is why. You, dear reader, may consider that you live your life seriously, obey the laws, respect your boss (what a pejorative name) and authority because this is the right thing to do, project cautious and reasoned behavior in your financial and love life, embrace societal values and are wary of those who decide for alternative ways. I am sorry to say that this kind of seriousness, defined as “Being of such import as to cause anxiety” or ‘Too complex to be easily answered or solved” is nothing but a useless shell that you build around your life so as to appear in control, professional, in charge. Truth is, you are not and that is both a good and a natural thing. Life should be taken seriously as in “Carried out in earnest” or “Deeply interested or involved”. Existing is not being serious about life; it is merely reacting to or witnessing a 100 year long decay (that is if you are unlucky). Living is a pro-active, deeply involved, wonder-filled experience. It takes work, dedication, risk taking and empathy.
Let us redefine this old adage: “Life is to important not to be deeply involved in”.
So next time you want to answer a greeting by a stare or decide to ignore a love story because it is unconventional; next time you feel like leaving Cube Ville behind but do not dare; next time you wake up in a corporate structure full of empty suits you respect because of their empty titles; consider if you want to fear life or live life.
Remember, chill out … or fuck off!
No go make the world a better place.
Pierre out…
If you catch yourself yelling at morning commuters; if you wake up in the gloom of yet another day in Cube Ville; if your day’s high point is a nightly beer or a morning shower self pleasuring session; if you cannot even find time to wish a good morning to family members or co-workers; if the perspective of the day to come, with its parade of meetings and dull tasks, turns you into a zombie-like frame of negative energy; if your response to human contact is ’not now I’m busy’, this message is for you:
Chill Out! Why? Because life is far too important to be taken seriously.
I know, you have heard this before and it has become one of these platitudes that only reinforces your sulky attitude. Now take a second look at it, a real deep look at every one of these words and what they really mean. Life is not important because your mere existence (more on that later) depends upon it. It is important because it is a gift, an opportunity, an insanely precious chance to experience a world of wonder beyond imagination. On this discovery journey, one encounters joy, sorrow, laugh, cry, pleasure and pain and all these feelings participate in shaping the soul, enriching it till it glows with its own life force and enlightment.. Does your current attitude fit this description? Mine does not but I am working on it.
Now let us revisit the fact that life is too important to be taken seriously. I thought, at first that this statement was so right, so ‘new agey’ in its lucidity that it belongs on the walls of my humble adobe. After many years, I realize it is wrong, in a way, and here is why. You, dear reader, may consider that you live your life seriously, obey the laws, respect your boss (what a pejorative name) and authority because this is the right thing to do, project cautious and reasoned behavior in your financial and love life, embrace societal values and are wary of those who decide for alternative ways. I am sorry to say that this kind of seriousness, defined as “Being of such import as to cause anxiety” or ‘Too complex to be easily answered or solved” is nothing but a useless shell that you build around your life so as to appear in control, professional, in charge. Truth is, you are not and that is both a good and a natural thing. Life should be taken seriously as in “Carried out in earnest” or “Deeply interested or involved”. Existing is not being serious about life; it is merely reacting to or witnessing a 100 year long decay (that is if you are unlucky). Living is a pro-active, deeply involved, wonder-filled experience. It takes work, dedication, risk taking and empathy.
Let us redefine this old adage: “Life is to important not to be deeply involved in”.
So next time you want to answer a greeting by a stare or decide to ignore a love story because it is unconventional; next time you feel like leaving Cube Ville behind but do not dare; next time you wake up in a corporate structure full of empty suits you respect because of their empty titles; consider if you want to fear life or live life.
Remember, chill out … or fuck off!
No go make the world a better place.
Pierre out…