i heard this line this morning... i've heard the song at least a dozen times, if not a hundred... but i heard the line today... (switchfoot: this is your life)
yes, the after-effects of yesterday may stick with me for a little while... maybe forever... but ultimately, it's over - it's gone... so what do i do with today? how should i live today? what should my relationships look like? how can i change my life today? (and not wait until tomorrow)
yes, i'm hearing a movie quote in my head... the voices...
"They're not that different from you, are they? Same haircuts. Full of hormones, just like you. Invincible, just like you feel. The world is their oyster. They believe they're destined for great things, just like many of you, their eyes are full of hope, just like you. Did they wait until it was too late to make from their lives even one iota of what they were capable? Because, you see gentlemen, these boys are now fertilizing daffodils. But if you listen real close, you can hear them whisper their legacy to you. Go on, lean in. Listen, you hear it? - - Carpe - - hear it? - - Carpe, carpe diem, seize the day boys, make your lives extraordinary."
i must choose to seize every moment for more than it's worth... i am so reminded of cynthia who used to say to us, "embrace" - i feel like i should be death-gripping every second of life and not letting it pass by without me draining it of it's energy, juice, LIFE... am i doing that? is anyone doing that? how do we do that?
more randomness of the day:
*****
Hey, Hey
Did you ever thinkThere might be another way
To just feel better,Just feel better about today
Oh no-If you never want to have
To turn and go awayYou might feel better,
Might feel better if you stay
Pre-chorus
Yeah yeah
I bet you haven't heard
A word I've said
Yeah yeah
If you've had enough
Of all your tryin'
Just give up
The state of mind you're in?
Chorus
If you want to be somebody else,
If you're tired of fighting battles with yourself
If you want to be somebody else
Change your mind...
Hey hey-
Have you ever danced in the rain
Or thanked the sun
Just for shining- just for shining
O'er the sea?
Oh no- take it all in
The world's a show
And yeah, you look much better,
Look much better when you glow
Pre-chorus/chorus
Hey hey- what ya say
We both go and seize the day
'cause what's your hurry
what's your hurry anyway
Pre-chorus/chorus
*****
i'm sure there are a million songs, movies, books, you name it on this subject... i don't know why i choose the things i do - switchfoot, dead poets society and sister hazel... what are you gonna do? (i don't know... what are you gonna do?)
so i haven't got it all figured out - but for now, rather than sitting in front of this computer any longer, i'm going to go home... live a little before today becomes tomorrow's wrinkle on my forehead...
"this is your life... are you who you want to be, is it everything you've dreamed it would be when the world was younger and you had everything to lose... don't close your eyes..."
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that's the second time seizing the day has come up today. weird. do you know just how much i love sister hazel? that would definitely be up there on my best concerts ever.
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