I looked at this quote and I first thought it meant how we exhaust ourselves, but realized it means how we invest in ourselves. Life isn't a savings account, but more a checking account.
Most people spare themselves. They spare the effort, the risk, the vulnerability, the hard conversations and the sacrifice.
Life isn't meant to be hoarded... You can't feel alive by protecting your comfort. You feel alive by exploring yourself.
You feel alive by spending your time on something meaningful. Being alive is spending your talent on what matters. It is spending your love even when love isn't returned immediately. Courage gets your blood moving when it would be easier to stay quiet.
Today is the day to truly come alive. We have a new moon that symbolizes a fresh start. Feria quarta cinerum is that reminder that we are dust and our time here is limited. Comfort isn't the goal, legacy is.
The question I asked myself this morning: Where am I still sparing myself?
That will be the place that I need to start spending myself....
