Live Every Day

"May you live every day of your life"
-Jonathan Swift

The quote was embossed in fat gold letters on the flimsy scrap of cardboard that my bicycle necklace was latched to.

"May you live every day of your life?"
Well, that doesn't make sense.
I mean, it does, but why say it?
Like, of course you're gonna live every day of your life.
Except the day you die.
But you can't die every day.
Obviously.
So you live, every day.
What else is there to do?
May you live every day of your life.
Easy, check check.
It's impossible not to, anyway.

"May you live every day of your life?"
Yes, literally speaking, you do.
Theoretically speaking, do you?
Perhaps it means, live every day to it's fullest.
Don't let the days just pass by.
One by one.
Savor each day, and really live it.
Live it the most you really can.
Go on adventures to new places in the world.
Or maybe in your mind.
May you live every day of your life.
It takes practice, it takes focus.
To not let one day pass you by.

elise.writer

VT

15 years old

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