Now You're Living

The superior man says, “Every man dies, but not every man lives.”

The baby thinks “when I can walk, that’s when I’ll start really living.”
The child says “when I get in high school and have a car, then I’ll be living.”
The teen says “when I get to college, that’s when I’ll start living.”
The college student says “when I get a job and make some money, then I can start living.”
The worker says “when I get enough vacation time to go to Costa Rica, then I will really be living.”
The vacationer says “when I retire and can always be on vacation, now that will be the life.
The retiree says “if only I were younger I could really be living.”
The dead man’s skull says “I was once like you and you will soon be like me.”

When will you start living?