really big life thoughts

Sometimes things seem to just hit you. Like, the seemingly obvious little things in life just jump right out and scream, "Well, duh. I've been here the whole time. My name is cliche and actually, I couldn't be more truthful." 

This has been happening to me a lot lately. Epitomes and revelations all up in my existence for months now. It's really, truly, mind-blowingly awesome. 

Here are some examples... the fact that:  

1. Life is really... real. And awesome

2. We are all going to die, and maybe tomorrow. 

3. A person should seize the day, Carpe the shit out of every diem. 

4. Everyone should stop playing games. Games are dumb and waste time. Just be yourself.

5. We are Infinite and really can do anything! (see older post, here) 

6. Love the people around you, speak with kindness and from your heart always.

7. We are blessed beyond belief and should try to keep in mind others whom are suffering in ways we cannot imagine. 

8. ...Does YOLO count?*

You know. Big life realizations. 

aaaaaand then common sense things like...

1. Tip your server well.

2. No matter how hard you deny it, it's always ridiculously fun to pretend you're in college again. 

3. Shut the fridge door when you're deciding what to drink. Do you know how much energy is wasted in the time it takes to decide such things? Some people don't even have fridges.

Okay, so that last one is actually a personal pet peeve of mine. And I've been known to get a little harsh on a person when they're just standing in front of a fridge with the door open! 

When in Haiti, I spent time with the Livesay family. They are absolutely wonderful, hearts of gold, fulfilling God's mission in a crazy way... all while raising five children, two of whom are adopted lil Haitian peanuts, in the middle of crazy Port-Au-Prince. Troy, the father, has been known to hear the fridge door opening from a completely different room in the house and yell, "Shut the door until you know what you're getting!" 

(Part of this is because Haiti's electricity and power system is positively ridiculous and most days the entire city's power unit goes down when overwhelmed... about four times per day. But he's totally right.... we need to consciously stop wasting so much energy.) 

But then, this morning I had an "Oh my goodness, I am a total hypocrite" moment. I realized that while 'suggesting' to others to make less of an impact on our Mother Earth, while signing petitions and protesting for rain forests and yelling at my mom to shut the fridge door, I totally brush my teeth in the shower every day! Instead of brushing in the sink, using water only when I need to rinse and spit, I have been using gallons of water from the shower head while selfishly brushing my teeth for two whole minutes!! Do you know how hard it is for me to understand why I never thought about this before?! I almost lost it... On myself. 

Then I realized that beating myself up, or anyone else for that matter, is not speaking with kindness from your heart (List One of Big Life Realizations above..) and could potentially just make matters worse. 

So instead of beating myself up, I decided to learn from my years of being a hypocritical-energy-waster and move forward. Today is a new day. And there will be no more brushing my teeth in the shower. 

That's it. That's my really big life thought of the day... 

Please remember that YOLO'ing in a smarter, more loving and selfless, less environmental impact-y, conscious sort of way is much, much cooler. Just sayin'.

Now that you're tired of my ranting, here's a picture of some whacky fruit. I guarantee getting a glimpse of banana's snuggling will make your life a whole lot better: