Inevitability

The weather has been wonderful the last few days. Finally getting a little warmer and spring is actually feeling like spring. Year after year, I find myself enjoying the summer months more and more. Not that there is nothing to do throughout the winter, but I just love the sun and the warmth that it brings. Not having to put on 10 layers and let the truck warm up for a good part of an hour is pretty sweet too. Although, if the weather man is right, we are getting another dump of the white stuff Saturday. Keeping my fingers crossed that he is way off on that prediction.
The second workout of the Crossfit Open(Quarter finals) was released Tuesday evening and I am tackling that tonight. They are having more than a few issues with the open site, but all in all it has been an awesome experience so far. As expected. Hard WODs with the entire globe. It is pretty neat to be part of a fitness competition that has over 20, 000 contestants. Even if you end up last, being a part of it is a pretty cool thing in my eyes. Really shows you what Crossfit is all about.
Browsing away on the net awhile back I came across this saying that I am getting stamped in the front of my left leg in the near future. It goes like this. Memento Mori. Latin for remember your mortality. It came with this sort of calendar of your life. Uyen is not much of a fan, but I think that it is fantastic. Gives you a good visual representation of where you are along the path of life. Like a journal of sorts. But rather than writing down everyday or two on how you are feeling and what has been going on, you just simply colour in a small box each week.
The impact of colouring in this small box every week is quite apparent when you really think about what it represents. You see, this "calendar of life" is broken into little boxes that represent 1 week, 7 days, or 168 hours (how ever you would like to think of it) of your life. Each time you fill in a box, it is done. Finished. Capeesh. You are left with the memories of that time, but you will never get it back.
Now I do not want to sound depressing or doomy gloomy. That is not my intention at all. But I think that once you accept the fact that life is not infinite, and that it does come to an end, the better you can appreciate what time you have today. Death is inevitable and life is truly a gift, not to be wasted.

I think that many people forget that you only have so many years, days, hours, minutes, and seconds on this wonderful earth. The key is to squeeze as much into this sacred time as humanly possible, and spend every second living how YOU want to live. With a smile on your face and warmth in your heart, while sharing it with as many people as you can. Try not to hold out for tomorrow or dwell on the past. Focus on today and the people that you get to share it with.
Live life being thankful for what you have and who you are. Take nothing for granted and tackle any obstacles that are placed in your path with reckless abandon.
-Memento Mori, Remember Your Mortality