Lived?

We always hear that we need to get the most out of life - really live. Go for the gusto and all that jazz. Yep, we all want the good stuff that life has to offer. But, is that really living? I would suggest that if you haven’t seen all sides of life, then you haven’t lived. Not that anyone would want to experience bad things, but when you do, it changes how you view life. Here are few passed along the way:

If you haven’t experienced unbearable physical pain, you haven’t lived.

If you’ve never experienced betrayal by someone you love, you haven’t lived.

If you have never felt completely alone, you haven’t lived.

If you’ve never done something truly stupid, you haven’t lived.

If you don’t have at least one bad habit, you haven’t lived.

If you have never tried with all your being and failed, you haven’t lived.

If you haven’t felt that hope was lost, you haven’t lived.

If you have never disappointed anyone that matters, you haven’t lived.

If you have never been ashamed of yourself, you haven’t lived.

If you haven’t experienced real fear, you haven’t lived.

If you haven’t been hated for no reason, you haven’t lived.

If you haven’t been tempted beyond human resistance, you haven’t lived.

If you’ve never watched someone die, you haven’t lived.

If you haven’t forgiven others, you haven’t lived.

If you have never asked for forgiveness, you haven’t lived.

If you have nothing to measure the good by, you haven’t lived.

It is said that anything that doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. That may not be true.  Remember, pain, emotional or physical, only means you are still alive.

Ouch!

PMO
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