Test Runs and Shadow Boxing??

It great to think about a "life with more meaning". What comes in my mind all the time is Wow! How can l have a such life? and the questions keep coming up; which one is a meaningful life? and from whose stand point is the life meaningfull? The answer to these questions may not be conclusive now. However as we attempt get them let us no forget that we are living a life now. The question is what kind of life is it just NOW? and What are you trying to test/experiment your life with right NOW?

I was recently invited to give a counseling talk to a group of 200 or so young people aged 13-22 years. I was amazed by the way how young people are good at exploring and adventuring. However the dangerous and scary part is that they venture into areas which may even put the very life they are exploring into jeopardy. An example young people try to explore relationships and sex. However in an era of pestilences like HIV the exploration or adventure may result into the end of the life itself.

The only message l found appropriate for my audience was that yes it is great to experiment, explore and adventure. However Life is not like a Race Car which you can test of on the Race Track to check the engine speeds neither is Life a boxing match where you can do some shadow boxing to check out your 'reach. Life is LIVED NOW because in LIFE THERE ARE NO TEST RUNS OR SHADOW BOXING!!!