hurricane irene and why you need to get busy living

hurricane irene is coming and there's nothing we can do about it. we can only prepare ourselves and hope for the best outcome. but hurricanes, much like all other forms of natural disaster, cannot be reasoned with. they don't speak our language. and we damn sure don't speak their language.

to hurricanes, we don't even exist. we're insignificant and hurricanes are cruel and apathetic. hurricanes don't care about our adorable babies and our sweet ol' grandma and grandpa who can't move around so quickly these days. any amazing thing you can think of in your whole existence is the same as dirt in the eye of hurricane irene.

this universe can and will take you out in less than a blink of its eye. your story will be forgotten even if it takes centuries to make it disappear. your footprints will vanish. your tombstone will crumble.

so don't take yourself too seriously. it's a big disservice to yourself and it's a waste of a lot of useful energy that you could probably be using to focus on something more productive. you can feel as important as you like, but the universe around you will never revolve around you and hurricane irene is proof. so lighten up.

your legacy doesn't belong to the future long after you die. your legacy is in the here and now. grab life in the moment and milk whatever you can out of that motherfucker. your life will never be as real as it is right now in this present moment. past and future don't exist.

this, right now, is your life. get busy living cuz hurricanes and the like will continue to take us out regardless of what we do.