How to Rekindle a Zest for Life
Because who wants to live a mundane, dull, uninspired existence?
Remember when you were a kid? Everything in the world was fascinating and new. A walk in the backyard was an epic adventure.
Every stuffed animal or action figure had its own name and personality. Life was like a psychedelic trip — colorful and imaginative and full of novelty at every turn.
Children are inherently creative. They are all unabashed artists, until of course, some outside force (typically the voice of well-meaning adults) tells them that art is not a profitable skill or that they will never be a professional dancer or sports star.
So they stash away their creative longings for silly games at recess and are pushed to focus on the supposedly more practical skills for growing into a contributing member of society.
Death by Mundanity
As we grow up, that zest for life — that je ne sais quoi of an inspired existence — is muted and dulled by jobs, obligations, mundane routines, and the so-called “logic” of adult society. It becomes the same thing over and over and over again.
“Some people die at twenty five and aren’t buried until they are seventy five.” -Benjamin Franklin
