Life is Too Short Mentality
- Sasha L.
- Jan 16, 2023
- 2 min read
Raise your hand with me if, in some form or another, you have heard or experienced the meaning of the phrase “life is short.”
I have, way too many times to count both internally and externally, and nearly each time I heard it, I have felt a series of complex emotions including fear, sadness, loneliness, anxiety, depression, motivation, and restlessness.
Sometimes I felt the pressure to perform, step up my game, and figure it out before it was too late. Other times, my response mirrored the phrase “all is vanity” wondering if anything I did even mattered at all in the long run. I questioned my path- wondering if I took the right steps in line with the kind of life I’ve hoped- and I’ve re-assessed whether I should ruminate on certain thoughts and decisions for as long as I did- rather than just moving forward and sticking with my choice. I have pondering about the point of it all (life, death, pain, suffering, illness, tragedy)- scared and hopeless to believe it is futile to try to make life look different.
Life is too short- usually said in the context of unplanned, unexpected tragedy- challenging us to feel and re-evaluate how we are moving through our life journey.
I don’t know what you may be going through right now, and I don’t know the context of when you last heard the echoes of the phrase “life is too short.” What you feel is real and valid, and your process is your process. Still, I hope you allow me to offer a new perspective to the all-too-familiar-phrase.
Life is too short for you to lose hope- whether it’s for a spouse, a child, a better future, better grades, or for a more compassionate world. Hold onto the hope that there is a reason, there is a purpose, and there is something great still in store for you even now in this moment.
Maybe challenging your response and perception to hearing and experiencing what is means for life to be too short could serve as the hope you need sustain that beautiful light in your heart right here and right now.
I appreciate this broadened perspective on "life is too short." I'll have to sit on this for awhile.