Life Doesn’t Have to be a Struggle

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of her friends whom she grew up with died, she told me she wanted to die. A few weeks later, she did.Ask yourself, why do you sit, day after day and week after week, staring at a television for hours, or with your nose buried in your cell phone, ignoring life around you, ignoring friends and family when, in a short time, either you or they will be gone? Ask yourself if it’s worth the time to live your life through social media seeking 2058 “friends” as you search for people who will agree with your political rants that will convince not one single person of anything.When’s the last time you called your Mom, your daughter, your son, or a friend just to say “how are you”? When’s the last time you took the kids to the park or sat at the edge of a lake with your wife or girlfriend watching the sunset? Think about that. Let it sink in… because“in a short time, you and those around you will be gone.”No matter what your age, why waste the precious time you have?The average person spends 36 days a year (over 1 month a year) on social media, 28 hours a week watching TV (over 2+ months a year), and 28.5 hours on their phone each week (over 2+ months a year).When broken down and added together, the average person spends almost half a year of their life, wasting their life. If you live for 75 years, you will have wasted literally half your life (37 years) accomplishing absolutely NOTHING. This does not include work. This does not include sleep. Add work (8 hours per day) and sleep (8 hours per day) and one thing stands out; You are wasting what precious little time you have on this earth, and in this life.

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Why? For what? Most people complain about there not being enough time to do this or that. They complain about there not being enough time in the day to “get things done”. Stop lying to yourself because deep down, you know this is you.This is why, to so many today, life seems to be a struggle. Because you make it a struggle. And we have raised generation after generation of millions that now also struggle with their lives.There are very few things in life that are “bad” for you. Really. But this is true only if you live by the age-old saying of “everything in moderation”. The examples above are the exact opposite of moderation. They are examples of a wasted life. What’s worse is that this is the “life” example we taught to and allowed for our kids, and their kids.There are so many days in our lives, and there are days between those days, and then there are more days. But those days are not forever. Life is not forever. There are only so many summers, winters, falls and springs, and then there will be no more. They are gone forever. And we one-day we will be gone forever.Stop dying and start living. Living your life should be what matters. You can begin today by focusing on your health, both physical and mental health. They are intertwined. Center your world in nature, reconnect with family and friends, and ignite a renewed love of life, of living, learning, laughing and enjoying the world around you.Do this and I will bet you will live longer than 75 years, and you’ll be much healthier and happier. Life doesn’t have to be a struggle. Life will be exactly what you make it.</article></body>

We have 75 chances (give or take) to get it right…

“This is Living” ~ Photo by JD Adams

Our lives are filled with days, days between those days, and then more days. An easier way to bring this into focus is to know we have 75 years (give or take) to enjoy our lives, to just live, not waste, life. Let me put this into perspective this way… we have:

75 Christmas trees to decorate

75 Summers to swim

75 Winters to watch the beauty of a snowfall

75 Falls to watch the colors change in the forests

75 chances to learn, to live, and to love

That’s it. We are born and we die. What we do with this time in between is everything.

When our time in life is broken down like this, only then can we truly realize how little time we all have to live, to learn, and to enjoy our family, our friends… and how much of it we have wasted.

I’ve lived my entire life as if every day was my last, trying to pack as much life into each day as I could. This comes from witnessing death, and life, around me. It comes from my grandfather who instilled in me the importance of health as he was dying from lung cancer, and from my father who didn’t care for his health, focused his life on work, and died young at 57. And from my mom who, after dad’s death, spent her remaining years reconnecting with old friends, with me, traveling some, and enjoying what remained of her life. When the last of her friends whom she grew up with died, she told me she wanted to die. A few weeks later, she did.

Ask yourself, why do you sit, day after day and week after week, staring at a television for hours, or with your nose buried in your cell phone, ignoring life around you, ignoring friends and family when, in a short time, either you or they will be gone? Ask yourself if it’s worth the time to live your life through social media seeking 2058 “friends” as you search for people who will agree with your political rants that will convince not one single person of anything.

When’s the last time you called your Mom, your daughter, your son, or a friend just to say “how are you”? When’s the last time you took the kids to the park or sat at the edge of a lake with your wife or girlfriend watching the sunset? Think about that. Let it sink in… because“in a short time, you and those around you will be gone.”

No matter what your age, why waste the precious time you have?

The average person spends 36 days a year (over 1 month a year) on social media, 28 hours a week watching TV (over 2+ months a year), and 28.5 hours on their phone each week (over 2+ months a year).

When broken down and added together, the average person spends almost half a year of their life, wasting their life. If you live for 75 years, you will have wasted literally half your life (37 years) accomplishing absolutely NOTHING. This does not include work. This does not include sleep. Add work (8 hours per day) and sleep (8 hours per day) and one thing stands out; You are wasting what precious little time you have on this earth, and in this life.

Why? For what? Most people complain about there not being enough time to do this or that. They complain about there not being enough time in the day to “get things done”. Stop lying to yourself because deep down, you know this is you.

This is why, to so many today, life seems to be a struggle. Because you make it a struggle. And we have raised generation after generation of millions that now also struggle with their lives.

There are very few things in life that are “bad” for you. Really. But this is true only if you live by the age-old saying of “everything in moderation”. The examples above are the exact opposite of moderation. They are examples of a wasted life. What’s worse is that this is the “life” example we taught to and allowed for our kids, and their kids.

There are so many days in our lives, and there are days between those days, and then there are more days. But those days are not forever. Life is not forever. There are only so many summers, winters, falls and springs, and then there will be no more. They are gone forever. And we one-day we will be gone forever.

Stop dying and start living. Living your life should be what matters. You can begin today by focusing on your health, both physical and mental health. They are intertwined. Center your world in nature, reconnect with family and friends, and ignite a renewed love of life, of living, learning, laughing and enjoying the world around you.

Do this and I will bet you will live longer than 75 years, and you’ll be much healthier and happier. Life doesn’t have to be a struggle. Life will be exactly what you make it.