There are times in my life when I pause (rare, but it happens) and remind myself that the purpose of life is to LIVE. Lennon elucidates this point when he said "live is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." He shows his Genius in one short line, because I think for the vast majority of carbon based life forms on this little planet, that is exactly how the process works. If you fail to take an active role, then life sort of happens to you.

I think everyone want's to lead an extrodinary life. The problem is that we allow obstructions to distract us from that goal. Maybe you are afraid of the unknown, or you fear the repricussions of your actions. If its not fear thats holding you back, maybe you are stuck feeding the machine. Live has costs associated with it; there are bills that must be paid just to live. We work at some endeavor in order to cover those costs, and with hopes that if there is anything left over, we will use those gains to LIVE. All to often, we forget the purpose of work, and we loose sight of our goal.

The problem I have run into time and again is striking the ballance between work and life. During this introspective pause, I shall endeavor to Plan a LIFE.

Pyrogasm, here I come!

Yours in Service,
Gabriel