As If You Are Dying

Live as if you are dying.  This is not the same as killing yourself behavior.  If you have some spiritual connection you live with the idea that you have time as a gift, and it will not last forever.  So you try to live today to the fullest, in how you treat yourself and those around you, both friends and strangers.    To live as if you are killing yourself is different.  People in recovery tell me that is the way they used to live.  They were trying to live to the fullest through alcohol, drugs, food, work, internet, sex, and they were just killing themselves.  They had insufficient spiritual connection to escape such a lifestyle.  But anyone can live life “killing themselves” by trying to do too many “good” things in a day.  I have heard people tell me, “I am killing myself” as they recount all they are trying to fit into a day.  Both our time allotted, and our energy are precious, but finite.  Superman and Wonderwoman are comic book people.  Easy does it.