Life worth living

[xiao_meimei]

What is so important to you that without it, life would not be worth living? Why?

Ain't nothin' I can think of that important. Life's that important by itself. Always somethin' to live for. Always somethin' to look forward to. Life's a precious thing in and of itself. It's always worth livin' it, no matter how bad it gets. When Serenity broke an' we all had to abandon ship, livin' is all I could think of. All the things I hadn't done yet. All the things I hadn't said. All the things I wanted to say to folks before I died.

Life's life. It's livin' an' it's growin' an' it's changin'. It can be hard an' it can be cruel, but it's always there to be lived. To be grabbed by both horns an' just...just gone for. You gotta keep livin', gotta keep flyin', no matter what. Death ain't ever better. It don't fix nothin'. You're just dead. Shepherd says that good folk'll go to heaven an' it's all better'n it is here. But however shiny heaven may be, I gotta say it's awful nice right here. I can't figure that heaven's better'n a lot of the beauty of life. Even when you're sad...there's somethin' comin' around the bend that's gonna be good. It'll make it better. You'll be happy again.

Gotta believe that, though. You gotta have that hope.

Maybe that's the one thing life ain't worth livin' without. Hope it's gonna get better. But then, I can't rightly say I can imagine not havin' hope. What an awful way to live that would be.

Comments

[moonyblues.livejournal.com]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Funny, how our answers are very similar in spirit, yet yours is so positive, whereas mine is...Not, so much.

Must remember the hope aspect. I'll try to do that a little better in that department, from now on.

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

Well, sure. Hope's awful important. Guess it would be hard goin' on without it.

I'm Kaylee, by the way.

OOC: Aww, thanks! And wasn't she just? She's writing about the dress as her most treasured possession. ;)

[moonyblues.livejournal.com]

Hard, yes, but comforting, in some ways, too. If you never expect much, you can't really be disappointed. But I'm not so sure the trade-off is a good one. I think I'd rather be hopeful and risk the let down.

I'm Remus. Nice to meet you.

*holds hand out*

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

*takes his hand, shaking enthusiastically*

It's shiny to meet you, Remus.

I'd say it ain't much of a trade off. If you're so busy not expecting anything good, you might not recognize somethin' wonderful when it comes along.

I know! *pets her* she's so cute. It's nice to have a happy muse to balance the others.

[moonyblues.livejournal.com]

*smiles a little, looks thoughtful*

I'm sure you're right. I never thought of it that way before.

It's, umm, 'shiny' to meet you, too.

*grins*

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

*grins back*

Well, sure I'm right. I mean, I ain't always, but negative thinkin' folk never seem quite as happy an' open to the little miracles that happen every day as positive folk are, do they?

*nods* Yeah. It's a safe way to be. I don't have flat ones either. Practically bipolar and unstable and v. v. dark. Another player, who's a therapist, said he ought to be popping the Xanax like candy right now. *g* Kaylee's refreshing after that!

[mia_j]

If you're so busy not expecting anything good, you might not recognize somethin' wonderful when it comes along.

...Poo. I hate it when people are right about stuff like that.

I still say it's good to not expect anything good. Cause then it won't take you by surprise.

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

Not take you surprise? What? The bad things? They always do, though. Even when you think you're expectin' them.

[mia_j]

Not if you always expect the worse. You can hope for the best, maybe...but you always better be preparing yourself for the worst. Otherwise you get caught off guard, and then, you're dead.

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

Well, ain't no reason to let your guard down, sure enough. But I try not to think about all the bad things too much. Gets me down.

[mia_j]

They kinda tend to do that. But better than being dead, right?

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

...Well. Yeah. I suppose so.

[mia_j]

What about, like that guy said, if you're not expecting anything good, you won't be let down.

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

But if you're always expectin' the bad, you might miss the good...

[mia_j]

What good?

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

The good that comes along.

[mia_j]

*considers*

Like?

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

People you meet who become real special. A perfect sunset over a new planet. The way sometimes things just fall right into place.

[mia_j]

*slowly* I didn't really think about those things. And a sunset? That's special?

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

Ain't you ever just stopped to watch one and be amazed?

[mia_j]

*thinks for a long time*

*in a bit of surprise* I don't think I have.

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

Oh. Well, you gotta do that. It's...just amazin'.

[mia_j]

I'll try it sometime.

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

*nods* You have to.

[mia_j]

*wry smile* And you're gonna make me, huh? You and what army? ;)

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

*laughs*

Oh I got lots of methods of persuasion...

[mia_j]

I'll give it a try sometime. You make things sound so...so interesting and special. Like you're seeing everything for the first time every time.

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

It ain't all that hard. Just a way of looking I guess.

[mia_j]

Changing how one looks at things can be hard.

[xiaomeimei.livejournal.com]

I s'pose it would be, yeah.