Day 86 of 365

Day 86 of 365

Day 86: what is the difference between living and existing?

A great poet friend, Blakk Dahlia, once purchased me a book by Buddy Wakefield called “Live for a Living”. While, I didn’t enjoy the book as much as I thought I would, I definitely enjoyed the conversation that led to her purchasing this book for me.

I think that existing is simply doing what you have to do to be alive the next day. I think that living is making sure that you do what you want to do to be happy.

I have always wondered if I made the right decisions when I was faced with forks in the road. I am not sure that I always have, but I am sure that I made sure I always made time to be happy. I have a lot of dreams and I can’t say that I will be able to achieve all of them, if any. But, I can say that I will never let work become the only thing in my life. I will always find time for poetry and friends and natural hair. To me that is the difference between existing and living.