One thousand, six hundred and eighty, 17,680. That my friends is how many days I have been alive as of today. Woooohooo!!! Sounds a tad different compared to saying I'm 48 years old but there you have it.
Looking at that number maybe it's a little easier to envision the whole live in the moment thing, taking each day as it comes and trying to make the most of it. Making each day count. Don't feel bad if you don't make each day count, I would think very few of us actually do. Not everyone is Da Vinci or Thomas Edison after all, those guys are in a league all their own. Awe inspiring really when you think about their accomplishments and the vastness of their work. I think the idea that we try to make the most of our days and continue to grow as people is most important for us normal folk. Sure inventing a helicopter and painting the Mona Lisa are good and well but not everyone can do that...most of us are destined to be, simply, us. Hopefully the best version of us. Or a reasonable facsimile there of.
In the vein of living life abundantly, You Tube and Facebook are peppered with the "awesomeness" of people. Truly humbling displays of compassion, humanity, adventure and insight...as a race, we rock!!!! Unfortunately, we also suck bag, just saying. For every post about something that might bring a tear to your eye there will be another that makes you wish for the ability to end someone...a tear for another reason. People suck. I shake my head and sigh at the way people act and treat others...I simply don't understand it. As if your existence can only be justified by hubris, mean spirited behaviour and raising yourself up on the people you have just stepped over or on. Will it always be this way? Can we not have compassion, understanding and empathy for our fellow human beings? I truly wish for this. Once again with the naivete...I know.
Let's try this, start each day by simply choosing to be happy. After all it is your choice and yours alone; you can be pissy but how is that really working for you. By starting off happy, maybe, just maybe we can start with ourselves to make a small difference in not only our days but the people around us as well. A smile is infectious...and negativity breeds negativity so really it might be as simple as making that choice. So smile.
After that, a little bit of empathy please. Put yourselves in the other persons shoes for a moment. Understand that you don't know what they are going through so how about showing some respect and treating them as you would like to be treated. I know I've read that somewhere...maybe a fortune cookie?
So now, out of our many days here together, we have taken two days to make small changes to our lives....and to the lives of our family, friends, colleagues and strangers. One small act can lead to another and to another and so on and thinking back to the commercial about some laundry detergent.."they told two friends, and they told two friends" and the screen fills up with people telling each other about it...possibly we can make a difference. And if we don't, we should feel better for ourselves at the very least.
I spent part of day 17,679 collecting money from traffic for a charity. Everyone was greeted with a big thank you, a smile and have a great day...do you know how many times I heard people say, thank you for doing this or great job. Humanity = restored. Giving feels good. When I win the lottery one of the things I want to do is set up a sort of angel investing thing for people....a helping hand and some guidance for your average person to make a dream come true or help out in time of struggle. Of course I would do the travel thing as well...hmmmmm, Greece or Italy first? Set up my kids for their future, go to university only because I want to and somehow take one of my skills to help people help themselves....set up a teaching kitchen where we could provide meals for those in need. I think that would be neat. So...the winning numbers are?
So on my 17,680th day I pontificated about the greater good as I see it. I wonder what tomorrow will bring....
Ciao
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