Saw a story last night on the "Prime Time Thursday With Diane Sawyer" television program about Diane Sawyer's remembrance about a young girl who had cystic fibrosis her whole life..........who struggled to live..........and to live joyously for all of her life before she died at age 19.
One of her greatest accomplishments, in her own eyes, was falling in love. In today's world it is not an unusual revelation. It is difficult, as we try to eke out a living, to live joyously........and such an unexpected luxury to fall in love.
This young girl, wise beyond her years, didn't reflect on her life by the amount of pennies in her bank or how economically or socially revered she was in her community. Rather, her assessment of her success was measured by what joy she was able to squeeze out of life, refusing to be discouraged by the prospect that her life was going to be a short one.
Our Hawaii was not as it was when we were growing up as baby boomers. Much more economic and social concerns inundate our lifestyles and concerns. Get in the car, go work, come home, sleep.......day after day......No mo' time play music, no mo' time be with family and friends.......no mo' too much no mo'.
Too much pilikia now days. But if can just bust loose from our thinking and the kine' energy we put into and about life........and just try squeeze as much of the joy the universe has to offer into own own lives.......then maybe we can be like that courageous young girl who was determined to be successful in the true sense of what it means to be successful in this life.
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www.girlsofhawaii.com
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