Check out the last two weeks of Wild Wednesday to get the introduction to Lierz and Part 1 of his philosophy of life that I’ve adopted parts of to become my guiding document.
Last week we talked about how life is a game. This week we’re going to talk about the bell curve that is life.
Imagine a bell curve in your mind. Got it? It’s flat on the left side, then gradually rises up to the top and starts back down the other side until it’s flat again? That is what life is, according to Lierz.
The bell curve phases of life:
- At the beginning of life, somebody takes care of everything for you. You are fed, clothed, diapers changed. You don’t do a lot besides rely on somebody to take care of you.
- As you get older, that curve starts to rise a little. You learn how to walk, talk, eat on your own. You start gaining independence a little at a time.
- The curve keeps rising a little at a time, and you keep learning new things, go to school, graduate school, head to college or tech school or start your first job.
- Again, the curve keeps climbing: you find the one you want to marry, you have the amazing wedding and honeymoon, you get promoted at work, you have your first baby. Things are looking up.
- The curve continues to rise: you continue to move up in your job, your kids grow and become involved in activities, you have it figured out. You have the house, the car, the bank account, the life.
- Then that curve reaches the top and begins its way back down. You start thinking how short life is. How statistically you’re more than half done.
- The curve continues to go down as your health starts to decline. Until, at the end, some rely on others to completely take care of them. And the curve is flat again.
The curve isn’t a perfect curve and you don’t have to follow it completely. We come into this world relying on somebody else, and many leave it the same way. We have such a short time to be here. Such a short time to live the dash in between the dates on our headstones. May you live every day to the fullest. May you remember what’s truly important. May you take the vacation you’ve been saving for and tell your family you love them. Don’t waste time. Life is short. Live it up!
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