Do you find it hard to remember to live, before you die?

Eat, Drink and be Merry… for Tomorrow we be Raptured !

Not me,McGee!
I am one woman who is well aware of the fact that life is too short! :))

If you ask me, the only certainty in life is that nothing is certain…not even death.

How do I know that the act of dying isn’t an elaborate hoax creating by some higher governing body, in an experiment to see how I will react?

That question should give you a sense of how skeptical I am about ALL things.
So the question remains..You only live once..right? Right? Wrong? Who knows? No one does.

You’re alive now, you’re thinking and you’re exploring your reality. Whether your version of the good life measures up to anyone else’s is purely superficial. Don’t worry about what anyone else is doing, focus on yourself :)

Yes we only live once and it is forever.

thats the problem. we are a generation of selfish people spawned from selfish people. Leave life in a better state than you met it and you will be ok.

Yes. Sometimes. Okay, most of the time. And the thing that makes me remember I live only for x amount of time are people like you, subjects like philosophical anthropology and deep reflection about myself. I think your question leads to another queston: How do you “live”?

Ask any stage actor, the hardest thing he/she has to learn is “be in the moment.” (I know. I’ve tried.) It’s the hardest thing in real life, too. (I know. I try). If we could only remember, past and future don’t exist—only NOW does. Ooops, there goes NOW.

It’s not hard to remember, sometime we just want to forget.:D

I try to pack as much as I can into each and every day.
Maybe tomorrow will be my last, so I ensure I won’t have any regrets by living a full life now.

I am aware of life’s fragility and the passing of time. I try to make my time count.

These are some great answers, I could ponder these kind of things all day….

“all you touch and all you see Is all your life will ever be.”

@rapraprapraprapraprap, That’s a good question too,
it personally varies for me,
depending what state of mind I’m in
and what’s going on in my life at the time.

Sometimes, it’ simply because
it seems to be the only plausable option.

As has been said, “The world is too much with us.”

I suppose it depends upon your definition of “to live.” For most of humanity that has meant hard work with little or no “down time.” When your life is like that, you tend to apprciate the small things: a couple of extra hours a week with your family, a hot meal, a hot shower, a cold beer. When you have to spend less time struggling for a living, it gets a bit easier to find time “to live,” but sometimes more difficult to find meaningful things to do with that extra time. As with most things in life, if you strive to find a balance between work and the rest of your life, it becomes easier “to live.”

Not a day goes by where I don’t chastize myself for some moment of self-pity, considering what I have. And it’s really shameful when it takes reading or hearing another’s story of suffering to bring upon a dose of reality.

@Pied_Pfeffer

The military was an excellent school master for that. In the field, privation was the byword, with hot meals and hot showers and soft beds dimly but fondly remembered. : )

@CaptainHarley, I agree with you.

Spending quality time with people I care about
such as family would fall under the definition of what I
consider to “live” – Its just easy to float through life
– make a living, put hard work in , get educated etc.
but not take a second to pause, look around and take it all in.

@Pied_Pfeffer , but at least you can acknowledge that as something you do,
and can build off of that to grow as a person. Some people will never even
get to that level.

I don’t see as we have any choice in the matter. When we wake up, eat and breathe, we are alive, willy-nilly. To live life by any definition (or not as the case may be) is entirely beyond our choice, unless you consider suicide a choice.

For anyone to presume what live a life really means for anyone else is disdainful.

@YARNLADY

Perhaps. I obviously can’t prescribe for others, but “to live” my own life means for me to drink deeply from the wells of my senses and the well of experience, to enjoy the company and the love of those I love, to add excitement as needed to keep me aware, and to allow the joy of being alive to fill me periodically.

No. I’ve been given a gift, though. I’ve been through hell and back – in my opinion. I don’t take life for granted. I just take it one minute at a time.

I promise you will all live until you die. Smile

A quote I have always been fond of: “For those who have had to fight for it, life has a flavor the protected will never know.”

@CaptainHarley: excellent quote, thanks for sharing!

Nothing makes your attention sit up and take notice like having someone shoot at you with the full intent of making you buy the farm! : )

@CaptainHarley I know you mean that ^ literally; I’m sure @cak would agree from a figurative sense.

@Pied_Pfeffer

Strangely enough, I have never felt so alive as when death was so close. There were times when I felt as though my nerve-endings were about 20 feet out from my body. As a matter of fact, I believe this is why I have sought out adrenaline highs for most of my adult life. It becomes addictive.

@YARNLADY I think I follow you. I want empathy more than sympathy