I was driving to Toronto on Highway 401 a couple of days ago. For those of you who don’t know it, there are many cars on it. At one point there are sixteen lanes. In spite of all of these, traffic can still move very slowly.
Such was not the case. I was able to drive over 100 kilometres per hour. I was making great time.
Suddenly a piece of paper shot up into the air and did a delicate dance in front of me. It leapt for joy, spun around, dove down then ascended to the sky laughing as another car passed under it. It was living for the moment and not worrying about the fate that would surely eventually happen. Eventually it would crash to the earth and be flattened endlessly by tires.
That didn’t matter now. What was important was that it gathered up all of the energy around it to live for the moment.
I thought that my life is often like that piece of paper. There are times when I feel like my life is being carried by the currents around me. While I may have goals and objectives, I am often reacting to the circumstances that are dealt to me. In spite of all my desires and planning, a lot of life is accepting what comes my way.
Like that piece of paper, I want to channel everything into the joy of the moment.
I know one day I will die, but while I am here, I want to leap, spin, dive, fly and dance. I want to experience the fullness of life. I want to take large gulps of it, not sip elegantly and politely at it. At times there will seem to be no purpose to each brief episode, but if the purpose is live passionately, then that is enough.
Others may have difficulty understanding my outbursts, but like the piece of paper, riding the undulating current will be the thrill that others will miss. Unless they come along for the ride, they will have difficulty comprehending what it is like to soar.
It was a mere piece of paper, but it took a difficult situation and did something it wasn’t designed to do. Like it, I want to discover that my life can go through difficult times and accomplish the unthinkable.
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Johnny V..I saw you doing what that piece of paper did..you were dressed in a plaid suit and a funny wig and you played music for 200 of your best friends. It was great. I was the one in the long black wig.
Cher
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