Don’t
Live a Small Life
Poet
Mary Oliver once wrote, “I don’t want to live a small life.”
I
like that. It works for me.
So,
let’s kick this around for a bit. Just
how does one live a large life?
Since
I write to a diverse audience, I’ll not talk in terms of expenditures, travel,
and lavish lifestyle. Rather, let’s
consider what every common man and common woman can do to enlarge their life.
The
first gateway to a large life is books.
Read. Libraries are hard to find
in the typical new-build American home these days. How sad.
I told a friend today, “If I don’t read, I don’t write or create.” I live and die by my reading habits.
Reading
engages the mind and the imagination. We
learn a broader vocabulary and reading can actually enhance one’s
intelligence. Just read!
If
you can’t travel, rent or stream some great travel videos on the internet. I have been to London, yet have watched a
couple London videos numerous times, and it’s like being there again. And I’ve seen videos on Italy, France,
Ireland, Germany, and many other lands.
It’s almost like being there, and you gain a broader view of our
world. Just watch videos.
Next
unto reading, for me, is listening to audio books. My subscription to www.Audible.com is one of my most prized and
smartest investments. You can listen to
biographies, novels, self-development, how-to and a thousand other subjects of
interest. I have an audio book playing
during much of my drive time to and from work.
You
can readily see that living a larger life has to do with self-development. I haven’t mentioned education, higher
degrees, seminars and opportunities in those genres.
For
now, this is enough. Remember this.
A
life is a terrible thing to waste. Live
large.
This is
my
morning
reflection.
P Michael Biggs
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