Zac, What are you going to do right now?
2.08.2006
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I sometimes ask myself a useful question. I say, Zac, What are you going to do with your life? And my answer depends on a wide variety of factors such as how recently I ate, how much sleep I've had, and the scattered mess factor of my room as it relates to the scattered mess factor of my mind. I usually come up with something between grandiose and nothing at all. But then it occurs to me.. I'm working with the wrong question. The right question is not what I'm going to do with my life. That question assumes that I will have a full life to live, that I might not die at any moment, that living is a matter of time. The right question is simple, assumes little, yet always remains breathtaking in it's implications. The right question is this:
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Zac,
I absolutely loved this post. Now I am going to take a shower and actually be mindful and present for the occasion. I am reminded of an author who comments, "Next time you're in the shower, check to make sure you are in there."
Live, (interesting typo... I'm going to leave it)
Love,
Dad
Methinks, perhaps, that the answer to that question lies somewhere between a metal twist-off cap and the bottom of a Silver Thunder... Dig deep.
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