Hmmm...a year to live, huh?
Well, this is definitly a community that has potential. I do see the need for a more relalistic perspective from society as a whole concerning death. As for myself, I'm personally not really worried about dying. I'll be alright on that front. I'm more concerned with what will happen when I no longer have an influence on the world around me and the implications thereof. I know that they seem to be one and the same, but not really when you stop to consider it. I'm not worried about what will happen to my soul or missing out on experiences, I'm worried about how my friends will react, how my family will take it, whether or not my remaining could have helped bring about the changes I really wish to see in the world, things of that nature. What will it mean to everyone else if I'm gone? What if it means nothing? What if it means everything? How does that weigh on me as an individual?
So, in a nutshell, I guess my personal philosophy concerning living like it's your last day is to see yourself as having the potential to change the world and making decisions that reflect that. I never see myself as "just one person that is fighting against the wind". I ride my bike for local trips, I buy my vegetables locally, I rescue little spiders from the restaurant where I work, and I love to write children's stories. "Be the change, yada yada yada." I suppose I've really bought into that, though. Call me an idealist!
I look at it this way. If you see yourself your entire life as having the potential to change the world and you really have none, you haven't really done much harm other than waste time trying to live out a big dream. But, if you really DO have the potential to change the world and you do nothing, then you have not only let yourself down, you have let down every single person who's life you could have touched.
Above all, keep dreaming and dream big!
Tish - 26 year old college student (english major with minor in secondary ed.)
So, in a nutshell, I guess my personal philosophy concerning living like it's your last day is to see yourself as having the potential to change the world and making decisions that reflect that. I never see myself as "just one person that is fighting against the wind". I ride my bike for local trips, I buy my vegetables locally, I rescue little spiders from the restaurant where I work, and I love to write children's stories. "Be the change, yada yada yada." I suppose I've really bought into that, though. Call me an idealist!
I look at it this way. If you see yourself your entire life as having the potential to change the world and you really have none, you haven't really done much harm other than waste time trying to live out a big dream. But, if you really DO have the potential to change the world and you do nothing, then you have not only let yourself down, you have let down every single person who's life you could have touched.
Above all, keep dreaming and dream big!
Tish - 26 year old college student (english major with minor in secondary ed.)