The sun sets on another day…
Sunset was beautiful and understated. A cry to shibumi, a forgotten thought that looks sad the understated that is still beautiful. I smiled as night closed in.
I took a walk in the dark tonight. I had a flashlight, but I didn’t use it and let the silence close in around me. All you could hear was the crunch of crushed asphalt beneath my feet and an occasional dog barking in the distance. My dog made no noise as she stayed with me doing better and better and enjoying the night with me.
As I walked I thought about something that was said to me today. It aligns so tightly with what I say all the time. Let me lay it out.
29,000 sunsets represents the number of days that most people live. 79 and three quarter years is the average age of people in the United states and to that aligns tightly with what I heard today: the average person gets 80 summers, why aren’t you enjoying every one?
The message is the same. For 29,000 sunsets I’ve always said if today was day 28999 what would you do different and why aren’t you doing it today. The alternative stated is if you only get 80 summers, why put off doing something fun during any summer? The only difference is perhaps that for me I think we need to squeeze the life out of every day. We need to have as much fun as we can, not just in the summer but also in the spring the fall and the winter. It’s a bitter pill to swallow, but we don’t get any extra time, and there are no take backs. We get what we get and as we go through life perhaps we need to take the time to realize that although tomorrow is another day there is no promise for tomorrow.
That sounds so depressing but it’s not. Every day is an amazing series of moments that can take us further, teach us more, make us happier, and change the world if only a little. I ask, perhaps I implore, perhaps I challenge you to grab on to each day and treat it as though tomorrow is number 29,000 and that every moment of your life is worthwhile. I think you’ll find that it works.
So as the sun sets on another day, I think I’ll enjoy this summer, next summer, and all of the summers i have left. After all summers are wonderful, and so are you. Keep being awesome and living your life fully every day, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and get out in that sun…