Our lives are to be used and thus to be lived as fully as possible, and truly it seems that we are never so alive as when we concern ourselves with other people.
Interpretation
Engaging with others enriches our lives and makes us feel truly alive.
Harry Chapin emphasizes the importance of living life to the fullest by connecting with others. He suggests that our vitality is heightened when we focus on the well-being of those around us, highlighting that human relationships are integral to a fulfilling life.
In practice
During a speech about community service, one might say, 'As Harry Chapin once said, our lives are truly vibrant when we concern ourselves with others.'
Good tired, ironically enough, can be a day that you lost. But you won’t even have to tell yourself, because you knew you fought your battles, you chased your dreams, you lived your days. And when you hit the hay at night, you settle easy, you sleep the sleep of the just, and you can say, “Take me away.
There are so many colors in the rainbow_x000D_ So many colors in the morning sun_x000D_ So many colors in the flower and I see every one.
If we can muster up that degree of commitment and get away from the uniquely American perception that if something can't be done immediately it isn't worth doing, then I think the Hunger Movement, this small but growing minority of us, can have a truly significant impact.
Be involved with the people with the live hearts, the live eyes, who are committed to something.
You're only lonely if you don't like the person you are alone with.
I never understood that when I heard people retire - they said they missed being around the guys. I don't have a need to make a play in the ninth inning of a game anymore. But being on the inside and being part of a team is something that you really do value and you really do miss.
American high school culture was impenetrable to me, and very cliquey: you had the Hispanics, the African Americans, the surfer guys and the goths and the immigrants. The jocks and the surfers got the girls. By the time I'd got to grips with it, I'd graduated.
Are the angels of her bed the angels who come near me alone in mine? Are the green trees in her window the color is see in ripe plums? If she always sees backward and upside down without knowing it what chance do we have? I am haunted by the feeling that she is saying melting lords of death, avalanches, rivers and moments of passing through, And I am replying, "Yes, yes. Shoes and pudding.
I believe in being fully present. That means you should be with the person you’re with.
I used to think a wedding was a simple affair. Boy and girl meet, they fall in love, he buys a ring, she buys a dress, they say I do. I was wrong. That's getting married. A wedding is an entirely different proposition.
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