“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.”

Imagine if your life flashed before your eyes and all you saw was yourself sitting around looking depressed. Of course, that would never happen. If your life flashes before your eyes you’re going to see what really mattered in your life. That’s why I don’t like these kind of extremely general, open-ended quotes about life. They want to guilt you into acting a certain way and into taking risks. I hear people say things like “life is short” and “cherish every moment”, but it’s impossible to live like that. You aren’t cherishing every moment when you’re waiting for your flight at the airport. Most people would do anything to make that time go by more quickly. Then there’s the four-hour flight itself. You can listen to music, fall asleep, wake up and there’s still two hours left to go. You don’t think “cherish every moment”. You can only think “get me out of here”. We also spend 1/3 of our lives sleeping. That’s a big waste of time, if you think about it. Even if your life was really exciting, you definitely would not want to watch the entire thing over again.

-Timothy John