What, indeed, is life? Surely we have all asked and pondered that question. Kind of a tough question to pin down, isn't it? The following, which was seen in a draper's shop in India, is as good an answer as I have ever found:
Life is a challenge . . . Meet it
Life is a gift . . . Accept it
Life is an adventure . . . Dare it
Life is a sorrow . . . Overcome it
Life is a tragedy . . . Face it
Life is a duty . . . Perform it
Life is a game . . . Play it
Life is a Mystery . . . Unfold it
Life is a song . . . Sing it
Life is an opportunity . . . Take it
Life is a journey . . . Complete it
Life is a promise . . . Fulfil it
Life is a love . . . Embrace it
Life is a beauty . . . Praise it
Life is a spirit . . . Realize it
Life is a struggle . . . Fight it
Life is a puzzle . . . Solve it
Life is a goal . . . Achieve it
This was included in a wonderful anthology of spiritual writings, The Mystic Vision: Daily Encounters with the Divine, compiled by Andrew Harvey and Anne Baring. One "Life is" that I might add is "Life is an extravaganza . . . Celebrate it!"
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When one asks "what is life?", one is almost asking "what is God?" The answer will fill volumes. And will be answered in many ways. It could be a Rorschach test.Life is so complex that the effort to reduce it to precisely defineable terms is a exercise in futility.
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