Death

More Than Words
Yesterday’s lyric, “Trying to make some sense of it all, but I can see that it makes no sense at all” is from Stuck in the middle with you by Stealers Wheel.

Here’s today’s: “And if you said this life ain’t good enough, I would give my world to lift you up.”

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Goody Links
I usually don’t link to anything that’s already mentioned in MetaFilter but I’ve talked about these cows before, so I figure it’s fair that I let you know that amazon’s auctioning them tomorrow.

Openletters has a new letter everyday. I’ve enjoyed quite a few of them. The conversation with the most popular girl in school was one of my favorites.

Thoughts
It’s amazing how short life is. It’s also sad that we only think about how short life is when someone dies suddenly. While I don’t necessarily subscribe to the “be thankful you have arms and legs” mantra that most parents preach to their children, I do think that it’s not a good idea to spend too much time being upset over things. (Don’t get me wrong, I am thankful that I have arms and legs. I am thankful for much more than that. But every time something makes me sad, I can’t just smile cause I have all my limbs. Sometimes, I want to be sad and look up at the people who have more than I do, not less.) Life really is too short. If you’re in a job you don’t like, get out of it. Or at least start thinking seriously about how you can get out of it. If you have friends who make you sad or angry more often than happy, they’re not your friends. If something isn’t working out for you, then change it. Believe me, you can. I just think that most people are too lazy to make their life into what they wish it could be. Days pass so quickly and as Derek put so wonderfully: “I think that you only get one go at this life, and it’s up to you to make sure you leave a story worth telling.”

Sorry about the little preaching session. Someone I met a month ago, died today and I just realized, once more, that life is too short. I wish it didn’t take such tragedy to knock some sense into me.

I would lie if I said I read his page but I do think this is truly well-said. I would give credit to the source of my link but I read it in several places and I can’t remember which one was first.