She sat in a lounge chair in the warm summer sun with a fresh glass of ice tea in her hand. The beams of sunlight seemed to radiate through her soul like the warmth of blanket on a cool winter's night. The scene was surreal, and her state of rest caused her to say with a drawn out country voice, “So relaxing. This is the life.” Until, suddenly a summer storm rolled in and covered the sunlight. Within two minutes a downpour was occurring, and it soaked the woman's relaxed state. What was just “so relaxing and the life” was now a complete and utter disaster.
When one speaks about “the life” he or she often refers to the enjoyable state they are in. Examples such as: parties versus funerals, amusement parks (in most cases) versus a court room, in the mountains vacationing versus in the city having to go to work. Oh, there are thousands of examples that might be used, and if a survey were to be taken, the variety of answers to the question “What is the life to you?” would be innumerable. The difficult part of most of the times considered “the life” is the short time allotted for them. It seems that as soon as one obtains what is known as “the life” it disappears as quickly as it came.
There was one who claimed that he was “the life” and rather than being a state in which one lives, it was a relationship with him that would be real life. Most do not consider him as “the life” and therefore forfeit what the true meaning of life, thus they venture from one forum to the next, one relationship to the next, one “relaxing” state to the next and find that they are all short-lived and unsatisfying.
Maybe this is the perfect time of year to consider just what “the life” is all about. Maybe if a person looks deeply enough he or she will find the way, and when they do so, they will find the truth about life that they have always desired but never found before.
Until tomorrow...Why Say More?
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