Live Life Now! A thought to share for the upcoming year.

[kentoy0224]

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Literally days before the coming of the new year, maybe a little perception on the priorities of our lives. A reflection.

Enjoy life NOW... it has an expiration date

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Perception . . .

THE SITUATION

In Washington , DC , at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and then he hurried on to meet his schedule.

About 4 minutes later:

The violinist received his first dollar. A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

At 6 minutes:

A young man leaned against the wall to listen to him, then looked at his watch and started to walk again.

At 10 minutes:

A 3-year old boy stopped, but his mother tugged him along hurriedly. The kid stopped to look at the violinist again, but the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk, turning his head the whole time. This action was repeated by several other children, but every parent - without exception - forced their children to move on quickly.

At 45 minutes:

The musician played continuously. Only 6 people stopped and listened for a short while. About 20 gave money but continued to walk at their normal pace. The man collected a total of $32.

After 1 hour:

He finished playing and silence took over. No one noticed and no one applauded. There was no recognition at all.

No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, with a violin worth $3.5 million dollars. Two days before, Joshua Bell sold-out a theatre in Boston where the seats averaged $100 each to sit and listen to him play the same music.

This is a true story. Joshua Bell, playing incognito in the D.C. Metro Station, was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste and people's priorities.

This experiment raised several questions:

*In a common-place environment, at an inappropriate hour, do we perceive beauty?

*If so, do we stop to appreciate it?

*Do we recognize talent in an unexpected context?

One possible conclusion reached from this experiment could be this:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, playing some of the finest music ever written, with one of the most beautiful instruments ever made...

How many other things are we missing as we rush through life?

Enjoy life NOW... it has an expiration date.

[westbourne]

Nice post kent.

• Live life to the fullest and live it without regrets.

Up for this thread. Ayos kaayo

[nihao]

LIVE AS IF YOU ARE GOING TO DIE TOMORROW.... LEARN AS IF YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE FOREVER! - M. Gandhi

[brian joshua]

well, just love your life.

[ketllac]

pwede sad tan-awon sa laing aspeto nga ang perception sa beauty sa kadaghanan sometimes nag depende lang sa fad/uso or sa kadaghanon sa tawo nga ni appreciate sa beauty..

[chokchak]

nice ts! live and let live!

[ryeaka]

i will when you fulfill your promise...

[iyeyasu]

problema gud kay maappreciate ra nimo ni og wa kay gibuhat or gihuna2. og pareho sad kas mga tawo sa story nga naay giapas or dapat buhaton, ma.neglect jud nimong daghan butang kay nagdali.

depende ra nis mood sa tawo siguro. everyone has both good and dark sides. pero +1 sa story

[luke0917]

nice post!

[westbourne]

Your body is free but your heart is in prison. To release your heart, you simply reverse the process which locked it up. First you begin to listen for messages from your heart—messages you may have been ignoring since childhood. Next you must take the daring, risky step of expressing your heart in the outside world. . . . As you learn to live by heart, every choice you make will become another way of telling your story. . . . It is the way you were meant to exist. If you stop to listen, you’ll realize that your heart has been telling you so all along.

- Martha Beck, "Finding Your Own North Star"


• Life is too short. Life ends in just a blink of an eye. Every second, minute, hours, days, months, year counts. So make the best of it. Do what you want and don't for forget to thank God. God knows, God sees and God bless.