Notes from an Anglo-American Man

I was in training today and during our lunch break I overheard this snippit of conversation.

“… you’re 24? I thought you were my age. Man 24 is almost halway to 30.”

Now at this point I was trying ever so hard not to laugh, the girl who couldn’t have been over 19 reacting like this, and it being so wrong.

I thought about it, and got a little sad at the thought I’m getting into my mid twenties, and I have done more in my life than many people twice if not three times my age.
But I don’t feel like I’m the age I am, I don’t look or act it most of the time either.

I had a friend who for the first 6 months of our friendship thought I was in my early thirties, I don’t act like your normal twenty-something.

I laugh about this but it leaves and underlying sadness, why do I have so much more life experience compared to others? I wouldn’t change it for the world I’m more sad for the people who don’t, they have missed out on so much, both good and bad, beautiful and terrible.

But it is these experiences that make life, life.

The movie Wall-E has a line in it.

“I don’t want to survive, I want to live.” and I think that that is so relevant today, so many people are just surviving getting from one week to another, never living life. And we are enabling this.

I just started a new job working with adults with learning dificulties and one of the things that we try and do is to enable them to be as independant as possible, and to live their life, not just to survive. I chose the job because I want to help people live, but I don’t just want to limit it to people with disabilities I want to help as many people live as possible, in all senses of the word.

The Bible tells us that Christ came to give us life and life in abundance. I would see as many people having that life in abundance as possible, I am a life hog, and want to share the wonder that is life to as many people as possible.

Again if anyone wants to talk with me just drop me an email, or post a comment and I’ll chat with you about anything that I raise in these posts.

Peace and love

Ben