Lost in the Translation…

Living is about hope, dreams, fear, pain, love, learning, yearning, finding, seeking, reaching and so many other experiences. Life is about respiration, circulation, digestion and also about death, as they are linked and are one, for the moment we are born we begin the process of dying.

Where we often fail to understand death is when we fail to understand the difference between life and living. Inside of your head is your brain, not your mind. You can be alive, and not be living. Far too often we fail to comprehend the difference between merely existing, respiring, being alive..and living. We are essentially lost in the translation between existence and presence.

Death comes for us all, in all manner of ways, but relentlessly Death comes. Some people think that death is about being judged, that their lives will be determined worthy or not after they die. It is the manner in which one lives that defines the value of life. Possessions, wealth, and power do not define a good life. Honor, courage, and honesty no matter the situation define the character of one’s life, and that is living!

It has been said that dying is easy, but living well is hard. Death is an unescapable truth for each of us, and cannot be avoided. So then, all we have that we can claim as our own is to have a life lived well, filled with honor, courage and honesty.

Mustang.