Throwback Thursday: “An Expedition of Life” CDR 1998

I am a firm believer that we all have a “Happiness Tank,” not unlike a gas tank on a car. I believe that the hardships and tragedies of our lives drain our “Happiness Tank” as we walk through life. Hell, anymore, just living life can drain those tanks fast. We must identify those things that make us happy, those things we enjoy, and those things that restore our sanity, because those are our “Happiness Stations,” just like a gas station is to a car. Just like a car can only go so far before it runs out of gas, we can only go so far before we have to refuel our “Happiness Tank.”  I know some of you are waiting for the continuation of yesterday’s blog post, but like I said too much tragedy in one day isn’t good. So I spent some time reading old writings and listening to some awesome music to refuel my “Happiness Tank.”  As you read my throwback Thursday Blog Post ponder these questions:

1: How full is my “Happiness Tank” today?

2: What are five things that I encounter on a daily basis that drains my “Happiness Tank?”

3: What are five things that I love to do that will refuel my “Happiness Tank?”

“An Expedition of Life”

CDR 1998

Life is more than just living.

It is an opportunity to greet each tomorrow with open arms.

A chance to meet each new challenge head on.

If our fear of tomorrow forces us to live in the past, and forces us to relive each yesterday that we know so well,

then our lives become dull.

And soon we become liars and sinners against our souls, because life is meant to be a forward motion.

An expedition of heart, soul, and mind.

It has been said that you can never go home again.  It’s not that you can’t go home, it’s just you’ll never be able to relive that exact second ever again.

One must greet every day as if it was the last, because one day tomorrow will not come and the sun will not rise for us.

Then what?

If we have lived in the past all our lives, then we have never truly lived.

We will be remembered for the yesterdays that we always lived, not for the tomorrows we urged to come.

If you will not heed to my challenge and meet with me, then I ask of you to awake tomorrow with open arms and greet the sun.

Go out and do something you have never done before, no matter how small or great.

Greet each day with the energy that God has given us, because one day they will shut the casket,

and there will no longer be a tomorrow like today and yesterday.