Rational Insanity
Oh, this one is gooooood!!!
I opened my email last Monday and I found this really interesting 'chain letter'. I am not fond of chain letters, in fact, I don't read them at all, but because I recognized the sender of this email to be one of my teachers in UPLB I had to open it, thinking it was really important. When I did read the email, I realized instantly that there was good reason for her to send this to me. Here is the email:
Instructions:
Read this and enjoy it for what it is. When you are done reading it, add to the end of the list a short note about how you LIVE YOUR LIFE, your life philosophy, then when you are done with your addition, forward the email to just ONE (1) PERSON other than the one you got it from, end your note with...
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, IF POSSIBLE
This is how I will live my life. I will live my life so that when I join my hands in prayer while on my bed at night, I will have nothing to ask, and everything to be thankful for; I will have lived my life well in a day.
- When people come to me and tell me that I am wrong, I will smile and tell them how right they are and I would thank them for pointing out my mistakes, but I will not let them tell me how to live my life because they cannot teach me how to live with regret, and I will not live my life with it, as much as possible, if possible.
- When a debt collector knocks at my door and catches me at a bad time, I will give him all my savings so that all my debts are paid at the end of the day. I may be with nothing afterwards, but I had earned my bankruptcy, so I will live within my means, and so won't have to accumulate any debts as much as possible, if possible,.
- When I find that I am unable to do the things that I want to do and love to do like sing, dance, write, paint, listen to music, go out with friends, have a drink or two, watch a movie, have sex, I will sit down, close my eyes and take a deep breath and be thankful that I can even breathe. I will be grateful that I can even as little as think that I want and desire these things. The price of doing far outweighs the price of thinking, and if I cannot do certain things because of some unavoidable reason, physical, financial or whatever, thinking about doing them will easily suffice -- as much as possible, if possible.
- When there are things that I am unable to finish at the end of the day like a term paper, a thesis, a favour I owe a friend and wasn't able to do, a promise I was not able to fulfil, a gift I was not able to give, I will not go about and rush just to try and finish these things before sunset. Sometimes, some things are better left undone. If I do get the opportunity to finish these things by some stroke of fate, I will thank the high heavens that I was given the chance to finish them. No, I will not be thankful because I WILL be able to finish them, I will be thankful only because I was given the chance, the opportunity. Millions don't get the chance I get everyday, and for this I am grateful.
- If I am jilted and my heart is crushed beyond recognition I will still live my life. I will not stop living my life simply because of pain. I will not stop living my life even if someone tried to take it from me. I will go on living my life, after all, how can you not live a life when it is more difficult to NOT live it? Pain will not stop me from living my life, as much as possible, if possible.
- When I am stricken with a strange and incurable disease, I will live what is left of my life fully and happily. I will not complain or blame God because I have something that He should have given to someone more evil than I am. Who am I to know my goodness and my evilness? Besides, there must be some other reason why He gave me such a disease. Maybe I am even blessed to have the chance to realize how weak I am and how fragile my body truly is so that I can draw strength from His eternal fount. I am more blessed than those who haven't even seen the light of day and felt, even for a second how it is to live. Living with a disease is better than not living at all.
So, this is how I will live my life -- when I wake up in the morning I will look at the day through the eyes of a newborn. I will look upon the shadows and only see how black they are, and know that black is just a color, not a state of mind, not a problem. I will look at the light of day and see how intensely bright it is and conclude that shadows are made only when there is light somewhere. I will keep my eyes open for the entire day being careful that not too much sunlight enters them and makes me squint -- I will wear UV Protective Shades. I will see how great it is to be alive and how wonderful it is that I was given a chance to even just take a glimpse of the world's greatness -- and I will know, that what I have is only a glimpse, and there is so much more to see, but when I close my eyes in the evening, and never open them again, I will have already seen enough, and I will not ask for more, because I have already seen what the Master has permitted me to see.
This is how I will live my life. I will live my life so that when I join my hands in prayer while on my bed at night, I will have nothing to ask, and everything to be thankful for; I will have lived my life well in a day, as much as possible, if possible...
There you go folks! Isn't it such a wonderful idea? Telling the world how we all live our lives and learning from how other people live theirs? Mind you, I found some really valuable lessons just from reading the initial email. By the way, I haven't added my note to the list yet and I haven't forwarded it to somebody yet. Oh, and don't lift this copy from my column, all right? I just wanted to share the initial email to my readers. Let's follow instructions, let's wait until someone sends us the same email. Surely, something like this will definitely circulate.
Be rational; be insane...every once in a while!! TTFN!
I love you all!! Byers!!