I think so, too. I know I felt that way. For years. It was as if I was a character in a movie and the real action was about to start at any minute. But I think some people wait forever, and only at the end of their lives do they realize that their life has happened while they were waiting for it to start.
Interpretation
This quote reflects on how many people wait for significant moments to begin their lives, missing the present.
Jess Walter's quote captures the essence of life being lived in the present rather than waiting for a perfect moment that may never come. It suggests that many individuals spend their time in anticipation of an ideal scenario, only to realize at the end of their life that they have been inactive while life was happening around them. This is a reminder to embrace the current moment and take action instead of postponing living.
In practice
During a motivational speech about seizing opportunities.
Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read. Fought against it for a minute. Then looked out the window at the rain. And gave over. Put myself entirely in the keep of this rainy morning. Would I live my life over again? Make the same unforgivable mistakes? Yes, given half a chance. Yes.
The unexpected has happened so continually in my life that it has ceased to deserve the name.
I would like to travel light on this journey of life, to get rid of the encumbrances I acquire each day.
I try to be available for life to happen to me. We're in this life, and if you're not available, the sort of ordinary time goes past and you didn’t live it. But if you're available, life gets huge. You're really living it.
The Rykiel woman? She doesn't have time to stop time. She's too busy running. In her hands she's carrying a tote, a baby, a book, a camera.
Life I love you, all is groovy.
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