Since I wrote this piece last year, a book by the same name has come out. How about that? An entire book filled with stories about this crazy, enigmatic, whimsical guy who lives life strictly on his own terms.
“The legend, in case you haven’t heard it before, usually goes something like this: “My [brother/buddy/cousin] was in [Chicago/New York/Los Angeles] a couple of years ago, just walking around, when all of a sudden some guy runs up from behind him and [gives him a bear hug/puts his hands over his eyes/puts him in a headlock and gives him a noogie]. So he spins around and it’s freaking Bill Murray, man. Bill Murray! From Ghostbusters, man! No, no—the tall one. You know, he was in Caddyshack? Anyway, Murray looks at my [brother/buddy/cousin] right in the eye, and says, ‘No one will ever believe you.’ And then he just walks away! How nuts is that, dude?!”
~GQ Magazine
https://www.amazon.com/Tao-Bill-Murray-Real-Life-Enlightenment/dp/0812998707
“I live a little bit on the seat of my pants, I try to be alert and available. I try to be available for life to happen to me. We’re in this life, and if you’re not available, the sort of ordinary time goes past and you didn’t live it. But if you’re available, life gets huge. You’re really living it.”
Bill Murray to Charlie Rose, 2014]
I heard once that when we die the first question we ask when we get to the other side is: How did I do?
Can you imagine? How did I do?
Not, “where’s the big guy or which way is the the buffet?” We ask, How did I do?
So, if that is indeed the case, what do you want to hear back?
“You did okay. You played it a little safe, though.”
“You forgot to have fun!”
“Better luck next time.”
Or the worst one of all: “You completely missed the point.”
Wouldn’t that just suck?
Sooooooo…..
Let’s let life get huge.
Let’s add value and leave a wake of shattered rules behind us.
Let’s all let our light shine bright, replacing our earthly halo’s with the real deal.
Why not? Isn’t that the point?
Carry on,
xox
