Hey, live your life!

Ever wondered why we are exited about Friday's? Why are weekends better than any other days? Why is a birthday more special than the day before or the day after? You are older, yes, but only by one day from yesterday. Yet it stays special. Why is it that?

I can understand a holiday because of the change of surroundings. Going to the sea, seeing a lion in the Kruger National Park, diving with a great white shark...always exciting!

The sad part is that we are so focused on the the 30 minute lunch break or the 15 minute tea time that we wish our lives away. Looking forward to something exiting makes all else mediocre in comparison. The 6 weeks leading up to the holiday at the beach are the worst of the year! We convince ourselves that we are over worked, sick of the daily routine, irritated with our colleagues and that we can't continue without the break!

Life is living 24/7. Full stop. If you are not enjoying it then change it! That is what sets us apart from the animals! You are a HUMAN. We shouldn't be content with unhappy. We shouldn't be living in a cage. You shouldn't. If your circumstances are the cage then don't be boxed in and limited by the 'measurements' you have allowed others and yourself to construct around you! Get the hell out!

Ja, but it's not that easy! Isn't it? Take a calculator and add up all the lunch breaks, tea times, Saturday's and Sunday's, holiday's and every day you look forward to. That is how much you live per year...around 40% of it? Well done, nice! 60% of the time you are wishing your life away. It should rather be 98% living, joy, fun, health - that is GGGGGGGood! Make a change. Make your work fun. Get up 30 minutes earlier than normal and walk around the block. Freeze a bit. Turn you knuckles red from the cold. See the frost and smell the winter! Go have a coctail with a loved one at 11pm ON A WORK NIGHT! Just the two of you. If all the others are dull, stuff 'em! It's your life, live it.

Some people are paralysed. They have no choice and that is real tragedy. Me living my life as if I am paralysed is just plain sad. I am inserting a clip that really touched me and it made me see what a William Wallace saw. Freedom. Freedom from unhealthy routine, freedom from limited thinking, freedom from fear of change, freedom from a life that others chose for me and freedom for a better future.


A man loves his paralysed son. This father loves his son so much that he doesn't care about experiencing winning for himself, but rather to have his 'limited' son experience a bit more about dad's love for him. He swims 3.8km in the sea pulling his son in a boat. He rides 180km with his son with him on the bicycle. He ends by running 42.2km pushing his son to the finnish line. A whole Ironman event. For the sake of love. For the sake of life.

Life is short, very short. Get out and pull, ride and push yourself to the finnish. Don't regret not living it to the fullest. Like they say at Nike: Just do it!





Be strong and live hard.



TriJackal