“The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
Spoiler alert from the latest James Bond movie, No Time to Die. How apt in our time where lifespans have increased dramatically over the past three decades and the expectancy that fifty percent of people born today will live to be one hundred years old. Longevity has become the objective, as has preservation and prosperity.
Possibly living should be the objective, not reckless, yet with purpose and fulfillment.
The whole passage from Jack London’s quote circa 1916 “I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, ever atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.”
