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.