So, I just finished reading the above mentioned book, all I can say is what a good book to read on a trip like this....for one it is simply an amazing story but for me it was the under lying tones that set the book apart.
What if we all had just 72 hours left in our lives? How would we live, would we be selfish, sad, happy, productive, or cowardly? What truly is important in life? Can one accomplish the tasks given to them and yet still be satisfied with the life they are living? I think yes. For those who haven't read the book, the story can be summed up like this( sorry Hemingway). A man is sent on a mission to blow up a bridge, he knows full well that this mission will mean almost certain death to him, and those around him. So he spends three days evaluating his life, living life to the fullest in the time he has left and trying his best to accomplish the task set before him. I won't go in to extreme detail but I think you get the point of the story. He knows that in about 3 days he will probably die! Is that a burden or a blessing?
How can we be so focused on tomorrow? What about today? What about those around us, how does it affect them if we never have time for today but only have time for tomorrow? Does this help us? No, as Hemingway says " you have it now and that is all your whole life is; now. There is nothing else than now. There is neither yesterday, certainly, nor is there any tomorrow. How old must you be before you know that".
As I process this and think it though, I am profoundly convicted at how my whole life has been lived, how selfish it is to always focus on tomorrow and how those in my life suffer because of how I have chosen to live. So I am committed to live for today, believing those around me, and I will have a fuller life because of it. I have summed it up in one word and that word is "balance". In life, in work, in love and in your faith... Balance and evaluate what truly is important in your life and what can wait until tomorrow!
Lk
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