What a great weekend! Except for some unsuspected news about the death of a friend's loved one. The story can be found here:
The Story
As fun as the weekend was, this definitely buffered it with real life and how short it can be. I had just hopped in my car from a weekend of camping and received a phone message from Scott Baker. Upon calling him back, he told me the news. I really had nothing I can say and still don't. Other than DON'T take life for granted. And it also has me thinking a lot about 'NOW' as in this very moment. And also about our concept of time. We discuss the past and plan for the future, but the only thing we are ever in is the present. This event also further strengthens my point of spending x years dragging myself through grad school, so that I can really 'live & enjoy' life later. And this is a personal point about where I am at in life now, not that everyone should adhere to it :) I'm glad they don't there would be no one with higher education.
David had just Graduated from Law School this month and had his whole life to look forward to...
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Carpe Diem, man, Carpe Diem
you remind me of the saying that if everyone treated each day like it was their last, then nobody would ever do laundry. after all, who wants to do laundry the last day they're alive?
on a serious note though, i think there is a difference between living in the future, living in the past, living FOR the moment and living IN the moment. if you're living in the future, you're always just counting down til you get past some obstacle or reach some event, and you miss out on all kinds of other good stuff in life. if you live in the past, you base your identity on things you've accomplished or experienced, and you never enjoy what has yet to come as much as you could. if you're living FOR the moment, then you base everything on what you get out of it at that moment without any regard for the future. that can be fun, but long-term it's not very smart. if you try to live in the moment, then it just means that whatever you do, you do it with passion. you still plan things for the future, but you don't dwell on them and live in what's yet to come. i try to enjoy each day for what it is, b/c nobody knows how much time you really have.
Great comment Pete! I have a slightly different take on living in the past - I find myself looking back with regret - which is just as unhealthy. Trying to overcome past mistakes and not be paralyzed by them is my biggest struggle. I really like the idea of living in the moment and appreciating each one for what it is and making th most of it.
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