the unlived life

Tuck: Look around you, it's life. The flowers, and trees, and frogs, it's all part of the wheel. It's always changing. It's always growing. Like you, Winnie, your life is never the same. You were once a child, now you are about to become a woman. One day you'll grow up. You'll do something important. You'll have children maybe, and then one day you'll go out. Just like the flame of a candle. You'll make way for new life as a certainty. It's the natural way of things. And then, there's us. What we Tucks have, you can't call it living. We just are. We're like rocks stuck at the side of the stream. Listen to me, Winnie, you know a dangerous secret. If people find out about the spring, they'll trample over each other to get that water. There's one thing I've learned about people: Many people will do anything. Anything not to die. And they'll do anything to keep from living their life. Do you want to stay stuck as you are right now, forever? I just want to make you understand. Winnie: I don't want to die. Is that wrong? Tuck: No human does, but it's part of the wheel, the same as being born. You can't have living without dying. Don't be afraid of death, Winnie. Be afraid of the unlived life.

from the Movie:  Tuck Everlasting 2002

The wheel turns slowly at first,

learning to see,

beginning to move, crawling then

pulling up on our shaky legs

to toddle around discovering the new and exciting things of the world.

growing,

living,

breathing,

and hopefully loving

and taking it all in.

It moves faster and faster and faster,

coming at us

moving

death that it...

it is part of life...

we all get there eventually

and living in the in-between-

the space between

born      and          died.....

well

that is where we get to make our choices.

We can sit and watch the world go by,

stuff all that emotion,

stay caught up in the drama of everyone Else's life...

we think that is the safe way to be.....

but yet

as the wheel gets closer to the start,

i wonder

what parts

I have missed....

but not to waste too much energy

on what many consider to be spilled milk

that the other cat licked up....

today...

I will make a choice....

a conscience choice...

to

choose

the lived life...

to be unafraid

to laugh

and unseal my heart

so it can feel the pinnacle of

every range of emotions.

No more unlived life for me.....

I choose to LIVE.

Wishing each of you

a wonder filled "hump day"

and

pray that just for a moment today

you'll experience

deep laughter,

untamed passion,

and

joy.

AND TOGETHER

ON A WED...WE WILL SAY IT TOGETHER,

NO MORE UNLIVED MOMENTS FOR US.

Have a great day my friends.

Blessings and Shalom.

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