"I have come to the conclusion that the smattered references I heard throughout my youth were remarks filled with nothing but jealousy. There comes a time for most people when they shoulder a load too heavy for them to bear. And as they trudge through life, watching everyone hiking up their skirts and scaling the corporate ladder and heading straight to the presidency, everything looks grim. Is it any surprise that when they see a poor, helpless, nubile young child innocently playing as carefree as can be, that they are jealous? Envious of childish bliss and with vivid remembrances of their own bright and sunny past they cast a churlish remark the kids' way.
"But is that real life? Giving the little punk a 'wake up call?' A 'Get with the program?' And 'Earth to Jimmy' ought to do it.... No.
"No, I'll tell you what real life is. Real life is right now. You reading this post. It is you cooking dinner for your kids, be there 2, 8 or eighty. It's finding someone unique in the universe, someone who is perfect for you. It is having your feet knocked out from under you, and feeling a cold barrel pressed against your neck. It's staring down your best friend in the midst of a heated argument, and gripping them in a tight hug afterwards.
"Real life is.... Life. It occurs every second, and while you sleep. All around us buildings shoot up tot he heavens and burn to the ground. Snow whirls and Tsunamis destroy whole cities. Marriages occur every day, and twice as many murders. This world in one giant sphere of love and war, beauty and hate. Nothing we can do will change that. But we can sit back, work hard and love, all the while enjoying every moment of
REAL LIFE"
Source: Revelations > 2013 > September > Philosophy: Real Life
