Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

For this is the distinguishing factor – this is the “Point of all Points”: If you do indeed
wish for a longer life – if you also desire to someday retire and “live the good life” – why
do you do so?
Is it simply to sit on a porch and rock back & forth while sipping lemonade? Really?
That’s a nice thing to do on occasion, I will admit, and it can be a wonderful way to
return to being consciously grateful for the life you have been given, and yet just how
long can you imagine doing so and remain truly satisfied?
How about “traveling the world” or “hanging out with friends”? These are brilliant passtimes,
no doubt, and yet can you really imagine living a life that consisted only of such
things – simply waking up each day and “having a good time” day in and day out, for
years on end?
When you are someday lying on your deathbed, are you sincerely going to be able to look
back and judge such a self-centered and pleasure-fixated life a “Success”?
I think not, and I think that most of you think not as well …
We are not here to live a long life, my Friends. We are here to live a Power-full life, no
matter how long or short it is. We are not here to sacrifice the Good we can do today in
order to have more tomorrows. We are here to make every today a Lifetime – we are here
to make every day a hallmark of our Love.
“Live in the present. Launch yourself on every wave.
Find eternity in every moment …” ~ Henry David Thoreau
In conclusion, while I would indeed be very happy if every one of you were to live lives
that are long and full of the traditional winnings of pleasure and prosperity, this is not my
wish for you … What I wish is for each of you to find your own unique way to a Life that
is filled with Peace & Joy & Meaning — and that you refuse to wait to enJoy the same.
The true Good Life is not waiting for you somewhere down the road … The Good Life is
already at your front door … waiting patiently for you to open up & welcome It in.
“Life’s Journey is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well-preserved body surrounded
by piles of possessions, but rather to come flying around that last corner, skid in
sideways, and shout ‘Good God in Heaven … What a ride!’” ~ unknown
“When I am no longer involved in the measurement of life, but rather in the living of it, I
rediscover a form of prayer in which there is no distraction. In those moments, my life
becomes a prayer … A man knows when he has found his vocation when he stops
thinking about how to live and begins Living.” ~ Thomas Merton
“In the end it’s not the years in your life that matter, but the life in your years.”
~ Abraham Lincoln
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