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Life's too Short to Settle for Less

"Imagine" - John Lennon


Someone reminded me today that, "Life's too short." Although I'm well aware of this fact, like many others, I too take this for granted everyday. Yes, I know most of us don't have it all, but we have many things. This someone highlighted this for me quite clearly.

It's true that we enjoy the luxuries in life that we rarely think of as a luxury because we're too busy bitching about what we don't have. We forget that most of us have a roof over our heads, a place to sleep at night, a job to go to the next day, food in our bellies, and energy at our fingertips. We can simply hop into our cars and drive where we need to be. We can want something and actually go out and get it. A simple cup of coffee at Starbucks is just minutes away and with a few bucks and a plastic cup it's ours to take and call our own.

Yet instead we complain over the house not being big enough, the bed not being soft enough, the job not being good enough, the food not being fulfilling enough, and our limited energy supply. We hate on the cars we drive because we have to drive it and most of the time we're stuck in traffic in it only to end up at a crowded coffee shop full of rude customers, slow service, and a drink that doesn't quite taste right.

This certain someone is right yet it doesn't change the fact that we do this because we can. I do this knowing full well what I do have because I still want more. There's so much more to want it's ridiculous. I know I can sit here and admit that I'll be a better person by being satisfied, but I'm not a bad person for feeling this way. I wouldn't be human if I didn't desire the things I've yet to attain, even more so the things I'll probably just see in my dreams. I get it, I really do. But this is how I'm wired and this is what pushes me forward.

Lyrics:

Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try
No Hell below us, above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do
No need to kill or die for and no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world would be as one

Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger a brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one


http://www.elyrics.net/read/j/john-lennon-lyrics/imagine-lyrics.html
http://irondalelibrary.blogspot.com/2010/10/john-lennon.html

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