So some people seem to think that if you breathe in, out, repeat, eat, sleep, that that's life. That's living. Well, bollocks to you. That's called coping. That's surviving. That's doing what you're supposed to to keep you going, keep you alive.
Feeling alive, really living is different. It's spontaneity and seizing the day and doing what you want because it makes you happy. It's being yourself and not giving a fuck what other people think. Fuck worrying about everyone's opinion on you, or how many calories it's got in it, or if and when and how it'll all work out. It's laughing like an idiot and dancing and going out and screaming and swearing and getting drunk. It's falling in love, and out of love, and getting hurt and still standing back up again ready to fall. It's really feeling. And it's wild and exciting and irrational and yeah, often pretty damn stupid & reckless. But fuck it, fuck it all.
I'm sick of people preventing themselves from being happy because of something in the future. For all I know, you or I could die tomorrow. And I want to be able to say I have no regrets, that yes, I learned lessons from my mistakes but I never thought 'What if?'
And who can say, out of you or I or anyone else, that you really do that? That you live your life to its fullest?
You are only here for a fraction of a fraction of a second in the great scheme of things, and you'll be dead a long time, so if something will make you happy, go ahead and do it. If you really want something, go for it. Aim high. Higher than you think is possible. Screw the future and others' opinions and all those other things you can't control. Control your present and just start living, right now.
Because at the end of the day, yeah, bad things might be just round the corner, but if you're living a life you love with people you care about, you're stronger and you'll beat whatever monster or bogeyman is lurking there ready to screw up your perfect life.
Believe me, I know. Running from Voldemort for all that time. Just checking every second to make sure I was still alive. It really, really fucks you up. I took my life for granted before, and I never will again.
Being literally minutes from Death, no, fuck it, actually being Killed, taught me never to regret anything. If, in a moment in time, you want to do something, you should do it because you would never want to be dying and thinking, 'What If ...'. If something or someone makes you happy, then persue that person or thing until you get it. Be selfish. Be self centered, but never be cruel. Eat good food, make Love to beautiful women, Sleep soundly. Because you never know when you won't be able to any more.
Carpe Diem.