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LIVE A LITTLE? LIVE TO THE MAX! You weren't created to live a little. ! LIVE TO THE MAX ! "83k" 640x480 | "101k" 800x600 Text version of this column |
First lets be real clear on what this wallpaper isn't about.
- It isn't about getting drunk. That's not life and that's not living. That's stupidity in a bottle and you would be amazed how many people do not realize that hangovers and throwing up from drinking are the body's way of saying, "Stop! You're damaging the system!" Damaging my life support system is not "living to the MAX."
- It isn't about taking unreasonable risks either. They're wearing lifejackets and other protective gear. Each of us has a responsibility to take reasonable actions to stay alive and healthy.
I believe living to the MAX is about making sure I'm healthy enough and aware enough to appreciate everything happening around me. It's about working and playing with passion and joy. It's about walking, dancing, running, etc.... often. For some this goes without saying. But it sure didn't for me until I saw how well Christopher Reeves dealt being a quadriplegic. I wondered how that was possible.I think it had to be because he was never a couch potato. He always played full out. For most of my life, if I had awakened one day a quadriplegic I'd have been thinking, "What??? All those thousands of nights I could have danced and I didn't?!? All those walks I could have taken, all the swims.... now I can't move??? For a long, long time and possibly EVER? Oh no, I should have........"
And the thoughts that followed would have driven me insane.
Just to be on the safe side...everyday of our lives let's say, "Today I'll live like Chris lived before the accident. Today I'll dance and run and play. Today I'll live to the MAX. The most honest expression of gratitude is enjoyment and I will enjoy this day. Promise."
"The mind, once stretched by an empowering idea,
can never fully shrink to its original dimensions."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, paraphrased
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