Martial, Do I Know You?
Sometimes I will know something but just not be able to wrap the right words around it. It has been this way with me for a little bit about Mortal Clock. Today, it became more clear to me and it came to me when I wasn't looking. I have been thinking this same (nearly 2000 year old) thought for a long time now and while I was looking up something for work on the web, I saw this quote. It was one of those randomly generated quotes on a web page, when I refreshed the page it was gone, but something about it felt important to me even though at first it was a bit unclear for some reason. The way the sentence was constructed didn't immediately compute. Maybe because I wasn't looking for enlightenment. Anyway, before I refreshed the page, I copied and pasted it into notepad to look at later.
When I came back to it, I realized that this quote is what my blog and my personal search is all about. Like many of us probably do, I often put things that are important to me off into the future. I end up indefinitely waiting. Sometimes I will think to myself that I should get more sleep, take time for quiet thought, learn something new or get more exercise and then I just don't. These are all things that would help me to better enjoy my time here. These are things that would help me to be more fulfilled. Tomorrow, next week, next month... next year... Maybe I should wait until I have more time or money or whatever. When is there a better time to live than now? Why do I ignore what is important? Why do I waste precious time doing silly, stupid, non-productive, isolating, empty things? I can see that I need to make a list.
I don't spend all of my time like this of course. I do fulfilling things. I am involved in my community, I put family high on my priority list. But why do I waste ANY time? Why do I? My search is about not waiting. My search is about doing cool, rich, meaningful and alive things. It is about being aware of as much time as possible and filling it with the awareness of an engaged mind, heart and soul. My search is about really, really living and feeling the joy and wonder of it all and crying and laughing and stubbing my toe and... being.
I love life. I love being here. The gift of it all floors me. It is amazing beyond my comprehension and I am thankful. I hope to be able to show this better by the way I live. The quote I found was this:
"Tomorrow I will live, the fool does say; Today itself's too late; the wise lived yesterday."
Martial (c. 66 A.D.) Epigrams
One thousand, nine hundred and forty years later I am a little better for that thought. It was a productive and good thing that was put into the world. It took introspection and focus to convey it across time. What am I contributing to the world? How am I making it better? What will I do to live a life in its richest potential to show true thankfulness for the gift that it is? A Latin poet named Martial from the first century had some idea. People before him probably thought about this too. Now I have to catch up with a 2000 year old notion.
1,252,555,636 seconds left and counting.
When I came back to it, I realized that this quote is what my blog and my personal search is all about. Like many of us probably do, I often put things that are important to me off into the future. I end up indefinitely waiting. Sometimes I will think to myself that I should get more sleep, take time for quiet thought, learn something new or get more exercise and then I just don't. These are all things that would help me to better enjoy my time here. These are things that would help me to be more fulfilled. Tomorrow, next week, next month... next year... Maybe I should wait until I have more time or money or whatever. When is there a better time to live than now? Why do I ignore what is important? Why do I waste precious time doing silly, stupid, non-productive, isolating, empty things? I can see that I need to make a list.
I don't spend all of my time like this of course. I do fulfilling things. I am involved in my community, I put family high on my priority list. But why do I waste ANY time? Why do I? My search is about not waiting. My search is about doing cool, rich, meaningful and alive things. It is about being aware of as much time as possible and filling it with the awareness of an engaged mind, heart and soul. My search is about really, really living and feeling the joy and wonder of it all and crying and laughing and stubbing my toe and... being.
I love life. I love being here. The gift of it all floors me. It is amazing beyond my comprehension and I am thankful. I hope to be able to show this better by the way I live. The quote I found was this:
"Tomorrow I will live, the fool does say; Today itself's too late; the wise lived yesterday."Martial (c. 66 A.D.) Epigrams
One thousand, nine hundred and forty years later I am a little better for that thought. It was a productive and good thing that was put into the world. It took introspection and focus to convey it across time. What am I contributing to the world? How am I making it better? What will I do to live a life in its richest potential to show true thankfulness for the gift that it is? A Latin poet named Martial from the first century had some idea. People before him probably thought about this too. Now I have to catch up with a 2000 year old notion.
1,252,555,636 seconds left and counting.
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