This famous line from Hamlet gets over-quoted in classrooms, bar rooms and living rooms by regular people. When life gets complicated, overwhelming, depressing, there is only one question: to be or not to be.

To simply be—well, it sounds like a major undershoot. I shouldn’t want to be, I’d rather exude, slather, entice, ride the wild winds while drinking in the mad experiences the world gives. Right?

Cut to reality–the wild winds sound scary, would probably stir up a bunch of dust and start a sneezing fit, and we all know drinking and riding wild winds is never recommended.

And, occasionally there are days/weeks/months, when just being feels impossible, and if left to my own devices, I would–

  • be on the couch
  • be under a blanket
  • be hiding from the world
  • be on a couch under a blanket hiding from the world
We make our own way in life. Certainly we do not “control” everything–chances and random events are what drives our lives, but more often than not, we drive ourselves to those chances.  At that particular chance random moment in time, we have traveled a journey of twists and turns to put ourselves in that exact moment.
I think Hamlet could have benefited from a little Yoda philosophy.
Do or do not. 
or as the All-American Rejects said
Move along, move along.
or in the words of Dory (Finding Nemo)
Just keep swimming, just keep swimming.
So today is more of a pep talk to myself and to all the other kind of exhausted types out there—
Carpe Diem?  Meh.  Today I’ll just be.  Tomorrow I’ll Carpe.  :)