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Are you fully alive every moment?

04.13.2011 by David Murray // 3 Comments

"In every moment, the quality of your life is on the line. In each, you are either fully alive or relatively dead."

So says a Dan Millman, who for all I know could be relatively alive for fully dead.

He's quoted by my normally sensible pal Suzanne, on Facebook.

"Oh, for heaven's sake," I commented. "Why do people say things like that? Doesn't Dan Millman, whoever he is, ever surf the Internet or watch the last third of a Sanford & Son episode?"

I can tease Suzanne because I too am more than capable of manic giddiness. Just last week I sent this bubbling bunch of babble to my best pal and my sister, and 20 minutes later thought: What was I thinking?

Fully alive is good for writing, but relatively dead is what an editor ought to be.

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Comments

  1. Suzanne says

    April 13, 2011 at 7:53 pm

    I still don’t get what you have against life gurus who say, “Be nervous about everything at all times.”
    They’re right.

    Reply
  2. David Murray says

    April 13, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    You had me at “life gurus.”

    Reply
  3. Eileen says

    April 14, 2011 at 10:52 am

    The last third of Sanford & Son is the BEST PART!

    Reply

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