You Aren't Getting Out Alive!

 I haven't really written much this past year. I haven't really felt inspired to. Nothing has really touch my soul enough to express it into words. With all that's going on, the only words that do come to my mind are ones I actually wrote 5 years ago. They are still as relevant now as they were then. 

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Soapbox rant ahead! Life is a risk, nobody is getting out alive! You can't live your life around the 'what-if's' or the freak accidents. They are going to happen whether you try to avoid them or not. If it isn't one you planned for, it will be another you never saw coming.  

We now live in a society that fears death greatly.  So much so, that people live their whole lives trying to avoid it in every single way possible ( honestly believing they can).  Instead of enjoying all life has to offer, they stay within the boundries of safety defined by all those who died before them and those taking measures to never let it happen again. 

I am by no means against safety or trying to not to die. I'm simply saying to enjoy life to it's fullest, there is some risk involved. Some people drive fast,  some people skydive, some people ride horses. You choose the risks your are comfortable or maybe a little uncomfortable taking, to enjoy your time on Earth.

Everybody wants to sit back judge the risks you take in your life to, not only justify that their safe lives are worth living, but that they are somehow better than yours because of it.

 I'm a believer in, when it is your time, it's your time and there's no stopping it. I am going to continue loving and taking care my family, friends, and horses, and enjoy every minute we have together. I will not dwell on all the things that could happen, they are out of my control anyways. I'll do what I feel is right for me and suggest you do the same. Let's leave the judging to Jesus and continue being friends despite the differences in our risk taking.

One of my favorite quotes comes from the cartoon movie, The Croods, "That's not living, it's just, not dying." Be sure you are really living and not just, not dying! 😁