On occasion I read a poem, a quote, or some factual informat..
Added 2024-12-29 17:10:07 +0000 UTCOn occasion I read a poem, a quote, or some factual information that resonates inside of me, echoing within my head as if the words are intending to cover more square footage of my brain, giving me ample opportunity to ruminate over the statement, appreciating the weight of each word.
The most recent revelation that has awakened the most slumbrous cells of my intellectual matter is the urgency, or maybe it’s better described as the saliency, of the average human lifespan, ~ 77 years. Although, the thing I’ve been stuck on was the following line. It read something like this: We are middle aged at 38 years old, not 50 years old. Sure, some people will live to 100, maybe longer, but the average person has completed half of their life by 40 years old!
As someone who has spent so much of my life in school, then working literally around the clock, this really rekindled a fire in my soul. Our life is fleeting. The world has so many spectacular sites to see, forests to explore, mountains to climb, animals to discover, lessons to teach us, cultures to learn from, and experiences to bless our being.
The message is this… It’s time we make a conscious effort to spend whatever amount of time we have left to live the life we have dreamed about, to find a way to travel, to see those places we have said we’d visit one day, and to do the things that we believe are part of “our purpose.” I’m not sure I’ve started early enough, but I have become keenly cognizant that now is the time to stop wasting time. Our life purpose, our personal fulfillment, and our dreams coming true, depend on our actions, starting now. 💜
