Recently my cousin narrowly escaped death-by-samoosa when he scoffed down the triangular treat only to choke on a piece mid munch. My uncle managed to Heimlich the lodged snack out this throat and in record time. My cousin, alive and well to live another day, full of gratitude to God for his 2nd chance at life.
While you compose yourself after the visual description of the killer samoosa, there is no doubt that in that moment there could have been an alternative ending. So why is it that while we understand that life is so incredibly delicate, do we not live life on our terms?
In this day and age working yourself to a standstill is not only common but expected. The rewards are very little and illness is ever present. Yet we go to work anyway, sick and sniffling - this is called Presenteeism. My dear Craig has just learned that after 3 weeks of an average 13 hour day, he has in fact not got a nagging cold but rather - full on pneumonia!
I found myself angry not only with him but his boss. Angry that Craig hadn't managed his time properly, rebelled against his bosses demands or simply cared less about his job, but he does.
"Life is so short", we've all heard the phrase yet not many of us take the time to live according to our own rules, our own expectations. Clocking 9-9 and pushing the envelope, defying our body clocks and physical symptoms are all the expected norm, until when? Our death?
I'm taking a new stance today and I'll think I'll coin a phrase - "Likehelleeism" - the new term for, "I'm taking life by the horns on my terms before I wake up one day in an old age home and realise I've made someone else rich at the cost of my own sanity".
Do what you love and love what you do. Life should be filled with more personal reward and joy than doctors bills and crazy pills.
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