"Sadly, very few people on this planet live deliberately. Instead of sucking all the marrow out of life, the unchosen lives they reluctantly lead are sucking all the marrow out of their souls."

Date:   4/2/2006 8:26:03 AM ( 18 y ago)

To Live Deliberately
by Alan Cohen

Thoreau affirmed,
"I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately.
I wanted to love deep and suck out all the marrow of life."
Sadly, very few people on this planet live deliberately. Instead of
sucking all the marrow out of life, the unchosen lives they reluctantly lead
are sucking all the marrow out of their souls. Waitresses, cab drivers, and
bank tellers look tired, angry, and balled up with frustration.
This is not because joy is not available, but because they do not know
that their heart's desires are available for the asking. They have settled
for second best, and as W. Somerset Maugham astutely noted, "It's a funny
thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very
often get it."

Perhaps we need to fall back on the immortal wisdom of Zorba the
Greek, who summarized his radically joyful philosophy of life in declaring, "A man
needs a little madness, or else he never dares cut the rope and be
free."

Perhaps it's time for a little more madness in your life.........not
destructive madness, but the kind of outrageousness that demonstrates
that you cannot be predicted. Predictability in a human being is akin to
death. Remember the plight of beloved dramatic character Shirley Valentine, a
London housewife withering from boredom and routine. Shirley explained,
"I always said I would leave when the kids grew up, but when they grew up,
there was nowhere to go."

There is somewhere to go now, and you deserve to be there. The "Zorba
Shift" may or may not require you to make external life changes. What
we are talking about is an inner acceptance of your right to dance. It's your
life, and if you don't live it, no one else will live it for you. Cut the
rope and be free.


 

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