Survival is the celebration of choosing life over death. We know we're going to die. We all die. But survival is saying: perhaps not today. In that sense, survivors don't defeat death, they come to terms with it.
Interpretation
Survival emphasizes the choice to live fully, even in the face of inevitable death.
This quote reflects on the concept of survival as not merely struggling against death, but rather an active choice to embrace life despite its fleeting nature. It suggests that acknowledging mortality is essential, and true survival is about finding peace with the idea of death while living in the present moment, valuing each day as a gift.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming challenges and valuing life.
Your problem is how you are going to spend this one odd and precious life you have been issued. Whether you're going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over people and circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.
How we come into this world, how we are ushered in, met, and hopefully embraced upon arrival, impacts the whole of our time on earth.
Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would never claim to have the worst situation. There are many widows, and many people dying of AIDS, many people killed in Lebanon, people starving all over the planet. So we have to count our lucky stars.
Regardless of your age, you will always have adventures, unexpected joys and unexpected sorrows.
I live in southern Appalachia, so I'm surrounded by people who work very hard for barely a living wage. It's particularly painful that people are working the farms their parents and grandparents worked but aren't living nearly as well.
I think the kitchen is the new garage. And I think for a guy that wants to go out and be an evolved person, he should know about his local favorite restaurant. He should know how to cook something.
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