I had a cashier at Walmart who mechanically scanned my items and packed them in bags. She only grunted in reply as I asked her a question and as I searched her face, it was expressionless, and her eyes were dull.
In that short encounter, where I’m quite certain she didn’t even realize I was a warm body in front of her….I found myself wishing she loved what she was doing and wondering if she had forgotten there was more to life than this.
Because sometimes we forget don’t we? We get stuck in a routine or buried under responsibility. We can fill our plates with so many ‘have-to’s”, we run out of time for the “want-to’s”.
There is so much more to life. There are things that will keep us feeling alive if we keep engaging in them.
We need to play. Maybe even be silly. Look at the lighter side of things and laugh.
We need to create.
We need to try new things and go on adventures and experience life.
We need to connect with each other and with new people.
We need to say yes to life…
I think if we are going to have a ‘have-to’ saying yes to life should be on it.