February 20, 2022January 17, 2022Chel Owens

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”

-Oscar Wilde; taken from an admonition to abolish private property in “The Soul of Man Under Socialism”

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Annette Rochelle Aben February 20, 2022 / 10:07 am

To life!

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- Chel Owens February 20, 2022 / 6:21 pm
  
  To life!
  
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Revenge of Eve February 20, 2022 / 10:10 am

Woe is me; currently.

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- Chel Owens February 20, 2022 / 6:22 pm
  
  Nah. We’re on our way up!
  
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Tippy Gnu February 20, 2022 / 11:37 am

That’s how the poor guy went, the last few years of his life. He barely existed. He died under horrible conditions.

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- Chel Owens February 20, 2022 / 6:24 pm
  
  Tragic fact. I’d forgotten.
  
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Jim Borden February 20, 2022 / 3:45 pm

Oscar the rabble rouser!

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- Chel Owens February 20, 2022 / 6:34 pm
  
  Did he live too much?
  
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petespringerauthor February 20, 2022 / 11:09 pm

Andy Dufresne (The Shawshank Redemption) “Get busy living or get busy dying.”

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- Chel Owens February 20, 2022 / 11:50 pm
  
  Exactly!
  
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bereavedandbeingasingleparent February 23, 2022 / 7:17 pm

I love the idea that we use up so many natural resources that the rent we should pay for that must include truly trying to live.

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- Chel Owens February 23, 2022 / 8:41 pm
  
  I honestly didn’t think of it like rent.
  
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