I believe that humans will always have the ability to rise above any situation, because life is what you make of it. We don’t know what life is or why we are in this world; all we know, all we feel, is that we must protect it anyway we can. Buddha said it clearly: “Life is suffering. ” Life is meant to be challenging, and really living requires consistent work and review. By default, life is difficult because we must strive to earn happiness and success.
Yet I've realized that life is fickler than I had imagined; it can disappear or change at any time. Several of my family members left this world in one last beating symphony; heart attacks seem to be a trend in my family. They left like birds; laughing one minute and in a better place the next.
Steve Jobs inspired me, when in his commencement address to Stanford University in 2005, he said "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma--which is living with the results of other people's thinking. " I want to make mistakes, because that is how I learn; I want to follow the beat of my own drum even if it is "out of tune. " The important thing is to live without regrets, so when my heart ceases to beat, it will make one last happy note and move on.
I want to live my life daily. Every day I want to live. Every morning when I wake up, I want to be excited by the gift of a new day. I know I am being idealistic and young, and that my philosophy on life is comparable to a calculus limit; I will never reach it. But I won't give up on it because, I can still get infinitely close and that is amazing.
Every day is an apology to my humanity; because I am not perfect, I get to try again and again to "get it right. " I breathe the peace of eternity, knowing that this stage is temporary; real existence is continuous. The hourglass of life incessantly trickles on and we are powerless to stop it.
So, I will forgive and forget, love and inspire, experience and satire, laugh and cry, accomplish and fail, live and die. This is how I want to live my life, with this optimistic attitude that every day is a second chance. All the time, we have the opportunity to renew our perspective on life, to correct our mistakes, and to simply move on. Like the phoenix I will continue to rise from the ashes, experienced and renewed. I will not waste time for my life is already in flux.
In all its splendor
The Phoenix rises
In a burst of orange and yellow
It soars in the baby blue sky
Heading to that Great Light
Baptized in the dance of time
Fearless, eternal, beautiful
It releases a breathtaking aurora
And I gasp at the enormity
I believe that humans will always have the ability to rise above any situation,
because
life
is what you
make
of it. We don’t know what
life
is or why we are in this world; all we know, all we feel, is that we
must
protect it anyway we can. Buddha said it
clearly
:
“Life
is suffering. ”
Life
is meant
to be challenging, and
really
living requires consistent work and review. By default,
life
is difficult
because
we
must
strive to earn happiness and success.
Yet
I've realized that
life
is fickler than I had imagined; it can disappear or
change
at any
time
. Several of my family members
left
this world in one last beating symphony; heart attacks seem to be a trend in my family. They
left
like birds; laughing one minute and in a better place the
next
.
Steve Jobs inspired me, when in his commencement address to Stanford University in 2005, he said
"
Your
time
is limited
,
so
don't waste it living someone else's
life
. Don't
be trapped
by dogma--which is living with the results of other
people
's thinking.
"
I
want
to
make
mistakes,
because
that is
how I learn; I
want
to follow the beat of my
own
drum even if it is
"
out of tune.
"
The
important
thing is to
live
without regrets,
so
when my heart ceases to beat, it will
make
one last happy note and
move
on.
I
want
to
live
my
life
daily. Every day I
want
to
live
. Every morning when I wake up, I
want
to
be excited
by the gift of a new day. I know I am being idealistic and young, and that my philosophy on
life
is comparable to a calculus limit; I will never reach it.
But
I won't give up on it
because
, I can
still
get
infinitely
close and
that is
amazing.
Every day is an apology to my humanity;
because
I am not perfect, I
get
to try again and again to
"
get
it right.
"
I breathe the peace of eternity, knowing that this stage is temporary; real existence is continuous. The hourglass of
life
incessantly
trickles
on and
we are powerless to
stop
it.
So
, I will forgive and forget,
love
and inspire, experience and satire, laugh and cry, accomplish and fail,
live
and
die
. This is how I
want
to
live
my
life
, with this optimistic attitude that every day is a second chance. All the
time
, we have the opportunity to renew our perspective on
life
, to correct our mistakes, and to
simply
move
on. Like the phoenix I will continue to rise from the ashes, experienced and renewed. I will not waste
time
for my
life
is already in flux.
In all its splendor
The Phoenix rises
In a burst of orange and yellow
It soars in the baby blue sky
Heading to that Great Light
Baptized in the dance of time
Fearless, eternal,
beautiful
It releases a breathtaking aurora
And I gasp at the enormity