It's time to grow up

Your life should be getting better with time.

Most people believe the opposite, because for them, it's falling apart.

Life slowly erodes as more years distance them from the last time that they were free...

The time when they played like a child. When they took their shoes off and touched the earth. When they spent more time outside. When they stayed up late laughing with friends, and woke up early to catch the sunrise. A time when they weren’t worried and anxious all the time.

Aging is natural. But deteriorating is the fatal error to 'grow up' and 'take life seriously'.

The only reason children tell us what they want to be 'when they grow up' is because we ask them. They seem to have no issue fighting fires and traversing space right away.

The illusion of an ethereal 'tomorrow' is wholly unnatural. Planting the seeds of a permanent future-fixation begins in Kindergarten. Come graduation, the roots of fear are firmly planted.

The 'glory days' end and it's then time to put on a collared shirt, stop smiling, and plan for retirement. Dreams get filed away in manila folders, only to be dusted off at the pearly gates of regret.

360 monthly payments on a 30-year mortgage guarantee you keep your eyes on 'the prize'.

This is by design.

“Most men die at 27, we just bury them at 72.” - Mark Twain

Being an 'Adult' means yearning for a home you can never return to.

But life wasn't 'better' when you were young. You were just participating more deeply.

The fountain of youth is presence. No 5-year-old has a 5-year plan.

And ironically, the best way to actually realize your dreams is total presence. Today is your only access point to tomorrow.

Alexander and Napoleon were masters of the here and now. They both studied Aristotle. Christ and Buddha frequently spoke of the same.

None of them struggled to create the life they envisioned.

"The Kingdom of Heaven is spread upon the earth but men see it not.”

The secret to a life of massive accomplishment AND enjoying the process is to live one day at a time.

If you remain present and nourish the soul with play, age will deepen your experience of life. You will also accomplish more than you could have imagined.

I have been peaking every single year of my life so far. I don't intend to stop, and you don't have to either.

Don't take things too seriously, no one makes it out alive.

While everyone else prepares for death,

Get busy livin’.

Thanks for reading, share if you feel called. Otherwise, talk soon.

Be The Renaissance.