Sunday, April 12, 2009

An Ode to Life

And perhaps that’s what life is.
It’s a conglomeration of people you knew, know, and will know.
People you loved, liked, and tried to like. Or Love, like, and still try to like.
People whose lives you’ve had the opportunity to make better, and did.
And those who made your life better simply by being in it.
…If even for a brief amount of time, you know that because of everyone you’ve known, know, or will know, you’re a different person.
Someone once told me that when you are born, your life is like a blank canvas...
That statement makes more and more sense to me with each passing day.
Life is a lot of trial and error.
A lot of ups and downs, and side to sides.
Once in a while things will happen just to remind you that everything is temporary.
Let me rephrase that: Once in a while LIFE will happen, and remind you everything is temporary.
People are going to paint all over your canvas. People you know, have known, or will know- they’re either painting, they’ve painted, or they’re being prepared to paint the hell out of your canvas. And when you are at the end of your road, when your painting is complete, you won’t even forget the person you knew for the least amount of time that painted the tiniest thing. Because it’s there. You are different because of them. They have helped to complete you.
So if by all of this, I mean to say that situations are temporary, leases are temporary, jobs are temporary, (unfortunately for us) people are temporary… Life is temporary… Then, that’s okay. Because we cherished the temporary at the current time. And it was great.