Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

Well, my Friends, there is no guarantee that “another day” will ever come, and there
certainly is never a “better time” to give to someone that right Now. We have been given
this life not to live it as long and as comfortably as possible. We have given this life to
Give – everything we have, in every moment we have been asked to give it. So
remember this Truth today by simply adding “Yes!” to your vocabulary,
… and thereby adding Love to your Life.
“I have prepared for my death all of my life by the life I have lived.” ~ Socrates
TIP #03 – START RIGHT NOW
It is not enough for you to read these chapters on addiction and ponder them for awhile,
and it is not enough to make plans to engage them “someday soon”. Your life will
blossom into great Joy only once you choose to live your life differently; once you
choose to make your life a Journey of Service instead of a collection plate of comfort.
And as you do so, it is important for you to remember that your LOVE does not have to
be shown in acts that are difficult or “powerful” or “amazing” or “grandiose” … All it
takes to know a life of Purpose is to have the courage to reach out to someone in those
moments when you would otherwise not — to do an anonymous good deed for a friend
when you are exhausted; to smile at a stranger when you are afraid; to forgive an enemy
when you are angry. All it takes is for you to open your heart or your hands and give
another person a soft place to rest their worries.
There is no need to wait — there is nothing you need to have to get started — there is
nothing you need to learn and nothing for which you need to prepare. All you need to
own is a smile, all you need to give is your open arms, all you need to have in mind is a
Love for others that is courageous and Kind … and all you need to do is to go forth today
and get started with Living – with Living as if today might be the very last day you have.
After all, it very well might be …
“I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather my spark should burn out in a
brilliant blaze than be stifled like dry rot. I would rather be a meteor; every atom of me in
magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. Man’s chief purpose is to live, not
to merely exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
~ Jack London
“My life belongs to the community, and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it
whatever I can … For the more I serve, the more I live. Life is a sort of splendid torch
which I hold for but a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before
handing it on.” ~ George Bernard Shaw
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