Saturday

I've read this book twice already, but John Green did a REALLY good job with it. It's a beautiful story, about love and life and death, and you really get the point that we're put on earth for a not so long time so we've got to make our short existences as much like an infinity as possible. One of my favorite quotes from the book that's said a lot throughout the novel is something Hazel Lancaster declares quite often: "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities." This quote is my very favorite cause although it's incredibly simple, it's incredibly simple: even though Hazel and Augustus only had a short time together, it was still a little infinity. 

That's the thing about time: it may seem short but to some people it can last forever. That's why we need to make the most out of what we're given while we're here. It's also helped me understand cancer a bit more. It's a dreadful disease that can touch anyone it wants, but through it, people realize things about themselves and everything around them. The world doesn't stop when you do. It just carries on, not stopping to acknowledge anything lost or taken or even given. Another favorite quote of mine is from Doctor Who: "Some people live more in twenty years than others do in eighty. It's not the time that matters, it's the person." 

So the question for everyone including me is this: what are you going to do with your time while you still have it? Will you spend it with kindness, or cruelty? Confidence or shame? Bravery, or cowardice? The choice is yours and mine to make. All we gotta do is choose the path, shoulder our packs and start moving. But the ultimate decision is yours to make as to which path it is you choose.

Happy Saturday, everyone, and thanks for keeping me writing!!!