Get Into it

I told myself once that when I’m old, I want to be gray and leathery and living in a hut in the Andes Mountains. I would know full books by heart and be fluent in more languages that I could count on my fingers and toes. I would have little scars and big scars alike reminding me of fond memories and dangerous expeditions.

Let me tell you something. Look me virtually in the windows of my soul. Everything around us is in bright, vibrant colors. There was obviously a reason for it being so beautiful, so breathtaking, so captivating to the point where millions of people every day take pictures of that same gaseous ball of fire setting in the sky. And every day, they are still amazed. If we were made to sit in our chairs and on our sofas and… BE, we wouldn’t have deep shades of green in unexplored jungles or the rich, aquatic blues and pinks embedded in the coral reefs.

Life would be in the form of numbers and systems and programmed equations.

There would be no feeling, just reaction.

 No living, just existing.

                

            Tonight, I want you to remember to invest time, truly invest time into every single thing that you do. It’s not very hard. All you have to do is remember, in everything, strive for excellence. My dad once told me to be that person who people can come to if they need help, advice, or anything in between. He told me to be THAT person. And it stuck with me. That’s why I ask a billion questions every week. That’s why I want to know, inside and out, the hobbies I take up. I’ll never stop yearning for knowledge until I’m old and gray and sitting in my hut in the Andes. And even then, I’ll probably take up goat herding and speak fluently in bleat. Life is for storing knowledge and sharing wisdom. Life is for soaking in the moment and learning all you can from it.