Something I think about a lot...

If you lived to be 100 years old...

18 years are spent as a child. Growing up, learning. These are important years, but years we are dependent on other people/parents, simply being naive and innocent.

----- 82 Years Left -----

29 years are spent sleeping an average of 7 hours a night, these are the years you've lost from sleeping.

---- 53 Years Left -----

7 years are spent being age 18-25; you go to college, earn a degree in 4 years, go to Grad School, earn a degree in 2-3 years.

---- 46 Years Left -----

18 years (assume you have 1 child) are the minimum number of years a child needs care for. Naturally, this is not a rule, but for the practicality of thispost we shall be simple and cynical.

----- 28 Years Left -----

so you only have 28 out of 100 years to really LIVE. To trave the world, to spend your hard earnings, to enjoy the luxuries of life, to explore the unexplored, to climb mount everest, to make that movie you always wanted to make, to write that book, to shake Obama's hand, to swim with sharks, whatever it is you want to do...START DREAMING now.

Life truly is. Short.

Love Someone

"Modern society is anti-love. We’ve taken a microscope to everyone to bring out their flaws and shortcomings. Its far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise.

Loving someone has great benefits. There is admiration, learning, attraction and something which, for the want of a better word, we call happiness. In loving someone, we become inspired to better ourselves in every way. We learn the true worthlessness of material things. We celebrate being human. Loving is good for the soul. It grows slowly, sinking roots first before branching and blossoming.

You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less important than the heart.

You will also find that it is no great tragedy if your love is not reciprocated. You are not doing it to be loved back. Its value is to inspire you.

Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. You either don’t, or you do with every cell in your body, completely and utterly, without reservation or apology. It consumes you, and you are reborn, all the better for it."

- Source Unknown (If you find let me know)