I sometimes vision a life without struggle, without the negatives, without the bad news. I wonder how much better our life would be if we woke up to the sun grazing our faces and our heart, mind, and soul looked forward to the day ahead. At first it is easy to say what wouldn't there be to like about such a life? Smiles would never be in short supply and laughter would fill our every moment. However, what would be the end result, the purpose of living such a life? Would it be that we would skip happily through that type of existence until or time has come and we are to be called away?
When my visions of the perfect life ecstasy fades I ponder on the ramifications and the ultimate dash between the dates on our headstone. I believe if life were perfect it would cancel out the things we hold dear. No longer would there be epic battles where the names of the hero's last the ages. No longer would we triumph over ever lasting evil, which lets us know that we are capable and deserving of more. In simple text, our lives would be static. Growth would be halted and we would just be existing in happiness. But is this enough? Through my years, I have been one who welcomes hardship and evil. I have cried, felt sorrow, pain and destruction only to come out in the end smiling in the face of these obstacles. For this I have become stronger and with each event and each new day I've grown stronger into the man, into the person that walk's shoulders straight chin up. I carry my scars both emotional and physical proudly as they are the words that tell the story of my dash. I sometimes struggle so much on the importance of living a life worth reading about that I often find myself worn out and worried over never doing enough. Have I become a person who thrives off overcoming?
It was Thomas Jefferson who said "We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable, that all men are created equal and independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent and inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, and liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
The pursuit of happiness is what makes our lives worth living. It is in this constant pursuit we find will, courage, power, and strength to conquer another day. Without the pursuit, we would not be able to find growth and with out that growth we would lose our identity. Therefore, I ask, is the perfect life void of all negatives the one you wish for or do you live to experience all which makes us human...
To be continued...
In Constant Pursuit,
Preston Presnell
Founder, LifeLinkage.Com
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