Long time, no see! I am finally back and ready to pound the keys!
This summer has been an incredible one. I graduated high school, counseled at my favorite summer camp, went on a missions trip with my youth group, and so much more! It's been tiring but so worth it.
I would say that I have a pretty good life. I'm not saying every moment is perfect, but there have been so many moments where I feel absolutely ecstatic with the joy of living. I think most people can relate: that moment when you feel overcome with an inexplicable ecstasy and you feel as free as the wind.
That being said, let's talk about our lives. I was just talking to my friend who made this point: "Isn't it totally weird that we're living and dying at the same time? It's like we're stuck in limbo between life and death. There's a certain age that you start dying. But that's when you're living and dying at the same time." As we tried to make sense of this mystery that is life and death, I offered this observation: "We're living our emotional lives but dying in our physical lives."
After marveling at our surprisingly deep observations, I realized that what we said kinda makes sense....I think....let me try to explain.
As we grow from newborns to adults, our physical bodies grow. We are physically living as we grow. However, once our bodies stop growing, scientists have discovered that we start dying. As depressing as that sounds, it makes sense.
Once our bodies stop growing, we stop living. Then, we are simply surviving. Our physical bodies are dying, surviving, but our emotional lives are still intact.
Am I making sense? I hope so because I'm gonna take this and run with it.
See, this is why I believe our emotional health is so essential to our lives. Since our physical bodies so often fail us, what do we have left? Our emotions. Despite our age, whether we are two or ten or too old to move, we will always be able to feel emotion. That's why I think we should always do things that make us happy. Life is so dull without happiness. Now, when I say do things, I don't mean the stuff you know you shouldn't be doing. Just because it makes you happy doesn't mean that you should do it.
Be free and live because life honestly is so short. We are just specks on the timeline of eternity. But you are an important speck. Without you, people's lives would not change. You are changing history right now. Yes, people are changed because they meet you. Without you here, history would be altered. Go out there and live and be a world-changer. I believe in you!
Thanks for reading!
Sarah Beth
Philippians 1:20-21
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