lives

As someone said,  we get two lives; a life which we learn to live and the one we live after that (The Natural - movie). Here the author has ignored the life we live before the lesson. Although I presume he somehow implied in it that the life we live without realization is not ones own. That is the life we receive from our parents and we decorate it on the floor of our constrained and small surroundings, we find.

In one line, the life we build on our own is our only identity and the rest is our address. But the worst part of it is that it takes almost a lifetime to build a life. If we have three things, an able purpose, enough interests and strong believe that what we are doing is right, we can go through any endurable process towards our goal.

I have a temptation to compare our life, in general, with a boat. When you sail it, your destination is uncertain but the journey is pleasing. But if you pedal your path, its laborious and boring, but your target is assured. Though, these two lifestyles have one common base which is made of a continuous alternation of highs and lows. I probably made it sounds dramatic with some purple proses, but it has a nice ring.