FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER, ALMOST EVERYONE AT SOME POINT ASKS THE QUESTION, “WHAT IS THE MEANING OF LIFE?”
I KNOW THAT I HAVE. MANY ANSWERS HAVE BEEN GIVEN, BUT VERY FEW SEEM TO SATISFY.
OVER THE WEEKEND, I HAD THE MOST INSIGHTFUL AND RIVETING CONVERSATION WITH MY GRANDDAUGHTER KELSEY. AS ALL OF YOU KNOW FROM READING OUR BLOGS, KELSEY IS WISE BEYOND HER YEARS. MOSTLY, SHE ACTS LIKE A TEN-YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL. HOWEVER, ON THOSE OCCASIONS WHEN SHE OPENS UP, SHE IS TOTALLY UNBELIEVABLE.
SITTING ON MY DECK OVERLOOKING THE BEAUTIFUL SUNSET, SHE ASKED ME, “MOM-MOM DO YOU KNOW THE MEANING OF LIFE?”
NOT WANTING TO DISAPPOINT, I ANSWERED WITH MY INTERPRETATION, “NOW.” I SAID, “I BELIEVE THE MEANING OF LIFE IS NOW BECAUSE IT IS ALL WE HAVE.”
SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, “THAT’S A GOOD ANSWER, BUT I HAVE A BETTER ONE.” I COULD NOT IMAGINE WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT I SAID, “OK, LET’S HEAR IT.”
MAGNIFICENTLY AND MATTER OF FACTLY, SHE SAID, “THE MEANING OF LIFE IS LIVE IT!”
I WAS STUNNED AND AMAZED AT THIS TEN-YEAR-OLD ANSWER TO WHAT HAS BEEN PONDERED BY THE GREATEST MINDS OF ALL TIME. YES, I SAID, LIVE IT!
IN THIS VERY UNSETTLING TIME IN OUR LIVES, LET’S LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF KELSEY AND JUST LIVE IT!