THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXISTING AND LIVING
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Existing means you are breathing, inhaling oxygen and exhaling carbon dioxide. Going to bed when you are sleepy and waking up the next morning. Eat your favorite cereal, drink a cup of coffee, brush your teeth, and take a shower. Stare in your closet to find out what to wear and search the other pair of your socks. You also make sure that the keys, wallet, phone, and earphones are in your bag. But when you are already outside your home, you remember that you forgot something. It left you no choice but to go back inside. Fortunately, you are lucky to arrive at your work on time. Time to go home and repeat the cycle, your daily routine is just the same.
To exist is being stagnant of where you are and nothing new is happening in your life. You are just staying in your comfort zone and don’t take the risk to explore the world outside the box. The word excitement is literally a word for you because you don’t feel it anymore.
You are not making an impact to the lives of other people and your name will easily fade once you are gone.
No one will notice that you are here and nobody cares if you leave. The experiences that you have are dry and your days are just like a black and white painting, rainbows are not visiting your sky. You are working hard for your retirement but you didn’t bring good memories with you when you retired. The stories found in your book are all the same and even yourself will not bother to read it. Your life is boring.
Existing is to know that your heart is beating; living is dancing in your heart’s rhythm.
Life has many doors; don’t forbid yourself to open up each of them. Just think about it: a young man has time and energy to travel but no money, a grown-up has money and energy but no time, while an old man has money and time but no energy to explore places. It shows that you must never waste every second that you have and every chance that you get, live with no regrets. Instead of performing a never-ending routine, why don’t you go for some scenic route, take pictures with your eyes, and save it straight in your heart?
To live means you are allowing yourself to savor every moment. You let your toes feel the fine sand and enjoying the touch of the wind. Your days are not only about sleeping and waking up because you are also witnessing the sunset and sunrise. Living is appreciating the stars and wondering how many people are looking at the same star. You are happy in giving a lollipop to a little girl and helping the old man to cross the street. Your life maybe simple but it has more meaning if you connect yourself to others and look deeply into nature’s beauty.
We are living in a world that’s too big to stay in one place and yet our life is too short to do only one thing. We are not born to just pay bills and die, let’s live a life full of wanderlust.
Philosophy in life worth pondering:
- One life to live, Real Life is hardcore
- DOING THE RIGHT THINGS OR DOING THE THINGS RIGHT
- DOES TRUTH NEEDS EVIDENCE
- THE FEAR OF LOSING WHAT YOU NEVER HAD
- WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO OWN YOUR EMOTIONS? @ecotrain QOTW
- TO LOVE AND BE HURT OR NEVER LOVE AT ALL
- CAN YOU BE TRULY HAPPY WITHOUT MONEY
- CAN PEOPLE REALLY CHANGE
- HOW SHOULD YOU LIVE YOUR LIFE
- HOW OPEN ARE YOU ABOUT YOUR EMOTIONS TO OTHER PEOPLE? @ecoTrain QOTW
- TO BE LIKED OR TO BE RESPECTED
- WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO CHANGE IN THE WORLD
- DO YOU APPRECIATE OTHERS TO BE OPEN ABOUT THEIR EMOTIONS? @ecoTrain
- WHAT MAKES YOU, YOU
- WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE SOCIETY
I love this post and your ideas. Regret is not attempting to seek your dreams.
I really appreciate this quote: “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” ~ Oscar Wilde.
Thank you Papa Bear! :D
Most people exist, that is all.
This is really true, we should live our lives to the fullest because to live is the rarest thing in the world.
How can we gather more people with these views. I have seen you around and it was always a pleasant interaction/read.
I am here just for the education, for the guidance of others and for having a safety net where there is none.
I have some experience I can rely on, being a scientific person and a critical mind.
I have written about these subjects in the past but got limited traction. I will try to push them through the scope of science and psychology (as I did until now).
I am tired of sitting in my bench and watching the struggle from afar.
I have so many practical ideas but we do need an incubator for ideas. Maybe many are bad but some must be good.
Cheers!
Thank you @alexdory. I visited your blog and see you write high quality posts.
Followed you for more. Steem on!!
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Very well and beautifully said. I like most "why don’t you go for some scenic route, take pictures with your eyes, and save it straight in your heart?"
Under the pressure of everyday business, people forget to be alive, to seek after what is meaningful for them, and to experience the beauty of each moment.
Thanks for sharing. :)
Thank you so much for appreciating it. :)
Though we are busy most of the time, we must never forget to take a break, unwind, and relax. :)
You reminded me of a guru who advised his disciples " The more you find yourself busy the more you should meditate.:) I believe it is one of the greatest wise sayings in all times. Thanks again. :)
Love this, its a very powerful question to ask yourself. Trouble is most people don't and just float along through life getting to the end and not expressed their TRUE version. We are conditioned to think the same, act the same, work a 9-5 etc It takes a strong mind to step away from the heard.
It takes a strong mind to step away from the heard.
This is such a very nice point! Troubles will always be there and we must find ways to have a peaceful life yet meaningful. :)
In my point of view, I "Exist" when somebody can see me, know me, feel me, and appreciate everything I do for my small world. It will not happen if I do nothing for them. Thus, people know somebody else because of her/his fame, hardwork, kindness, and etc.
In addition, I surely believe that not all of people like to take a risk in her/his life so that he/she choose to do the same thing almost along their lifespan. However, there are many people too who love to find something new and meet new challenge, an adventurer or a risk taker. They like to think "out of the box", the creative one. However, this phenomenon depends on how we see the world and what our heart needs from the world. Being stuck on our normal activities or being a risk taker to reach success, that's a choice in life.
I respect your opinion about it and I will not force you to change what you believed in. It is your freedom to express yourselves and thank you for sharing it with us. :)
Life is too short, let's make the best out of it. :)
Great account!
It's an honor to follow you, I like the ideas you keep pushing into the world, I have written about them in the past and I will write again sometime soon, about inequality and about general social themes.
We live in an upside down world (but it is improving) and I want to contribute to its change.
I would like to think that we are above all a think-tank for the future societies. We just need to change, not only the technology we are using :D
Cheers!
Thank you so much!
It's also an honor to followed you back!
I'm glad to know that we share same ideas about the society.
It will be really nice to read your different perpectives and learn from you!
Have a nice day! :)