Gifts of life: Life itself
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In this journey, I often flow in the impatience of being to know. That is why I assiduously interrogate and question myself. Today, in this discursive encounter, I inquire into the multiplicity that recursivity grants me. From the selfhood of my being towards the otherness that socialization facilitates me, to weave events and happenings in a relational mesh.
Different things could happen, probably answers or refutations, or, on the contrary, more questions will arise, to continue digressing and philosophizing in permeable and penetrable spaces where absolute truth will never be viable or possible.
We are spoiled, privileged, and fortunate because, from the moment we are present in this existence and perhaps even before, we are bestowed with gifts to enjoy and rejoice in throughout our lives.
Many of these gifts come stored with us, others emerge and flourish in various stages, conditions, or situations. They are egregious, special, and exalted. They are so extraordinary that they will never be lacking because some of them are imperishable, so they will always be there and if one of them runs out, others will take over. In short, you will always have life's gifts with you.
For some, to exist and to live are synonyms, for others, the differences are considerable between the two terms. In particular, my intention on this occasion is not to delve into etymology, I consider that, in their genesis, both concepts express life itself.
Yes, because life itself is the greatest gift, and compliment that we have been able to receive and obtain. Thanks to it we live and exist, being able to construct, deconstruct and reconstruct our existence, with the world and with ourselves.
It is life itself, which manifests itself with its mundologies, to express to me how imperfect, defective, and unfinished I am. It is it that makes me more human every day, in a perennial invitation to inquiry and contrast. It is in this way that I can face my own shadows, to question myself again and again, in my self-absorption.
It is life itself, which encourages us to always try, with the intention of searching for the meaning of being, a meaning that is not exhausted, that is not finite and that will never be absolute. It is the sense that guides us and leads us to give value to our existence.
It is our daily, that gives relevance to our lives. It is in this scenario that we can develop to the fullest. As a family, in our jobs, with our friends and acquaintances, it is the opportunity for encounter, solidarity, the drop-by-drop realization of our desires, and the enjoyment of our daily life.
And this depends on ourselves, on the attitude with which we assume our path in daily life. With what eyes I see life itself, how I appreciate and value it. I am the one who gives it color and substance with my appreciation. I decide whether it is boring or lively, whether I enjoy what I do or consider it burdened with alienating obligations, whether dreams and achievements are possible or all are burdens.
And I say this because many times we leave everything in long-term goals and purposes, with extraordinary longings, sometimes chimerical and utopian, wasting what life itself gives us with each awakening, in the now that is there for you, for me, for everyone.
It is life itself, which gives us the possibility to live searching for the meaning to exist, in an individual and collective process in each one of us.
And you, what do you think of this gift of life?