Time to Live it Up

      “DJ, turn it up! It’s about damn time to live it up! I’m so sick of being so serious! It’s making my brain delirious!”

      Granted, I’m not a huge Kesha fan; but I do like a couple of her songs. The one quoted above happens to be one of my favorites. Whenever I listen to it, I feel like I can do anything, I can conquer the world!

      This makes me wonder whether we are all being too serious in our everyday lives. It makes me curious if this is the reason that so many of us are not satisfied. I’m not saying we should go out, get drunk, and make ourselves useless. There are many ways for us to enjoy life; but do we grasp them once they are exposed?

      You see, I’m at a stage in life where I want to make the most of what I do; I want to live in an adventure story. Unfortunately, most of the responses we get about growing up tend to be negative. “Well, you need to do this and that; and then later, you’ll do this and that. And that’s your life story.” Listen! We don’t have to follow the typical way of living! The routine doesn’t always have to be the same day after day after day.

      In case some of you have not noticed, I’m quite a fan of stories. I love to read them, I love to write them, and I love to imagine them. I cannot help but wonder if the very reason we love these tales so much is because they bring to reality something that we don’t have and we somehow hope will come to be.  When I read, I’m thrown into another time, another world, where I can do anything! I can be the hero, the damsel in distress, the hooded figure who has a secret mission. No matter what it is, I can be all of them. It’s the journey we all desperately want; but we have no idea how to get there.

      Whether people believe me or not, I’m willing to say that those things could happen. They are not lost in the wind. Maybe we’re too lazy, or too scared. The only reason we don’t live an adventure is because we don’t want to get hurt. These are just assumptions, mind you. I’m only saying what’s on my heart; but I pray that somehow, in some way, I can be part of something far bigger than anything I could have possibly conjured up on my own. Let’s live our dreams, no matter what the world says!