This is our world, as seen from space.  It is truly a beautiful place.  But this Garden of Eden has become a prison.

Far too many people are not happy.  Or not as happy as they should be.  Life is our greatest gift, the precious source of every other marvel you could experience.  The current evidence suggests that we only live once, it would be such a shame to waste it, like going to Disneyland and sitting all day in the car park.

You are not locked in the car.  Life is not a prison, we should not need to escape.  There are no bars or walls to life, you are truly free.  Just think of all that you could achieve:

Watching a warm sunset melt into calm turquoise seas on a tropical sandy beach…

Skydiving over the huge expanse of the Grand Canyon…

Dining out for a twelve course meal in the world’s finest restaurant…

Scuba Diving with giant turtles on the Great Barrier Reef…

Teaching a child to swim, and seeing them smile when they win their first race!

We could continue the list forever, because dreams are limitless!  There are an infinite ways to experience happiness, and anyone in any circumstance can be happy.

Unfortunately this is rarely the case.  Most people are not loving life.  There is something missing or misunderstood.

It’s like watching someone using a mobile phone as a hammer.

Life should be overflowing with joy, love, excitement, and blissful peace.  It should not be filled with despair, fear, boredom, anger and stress. And certainly not apathy.

Far too many people don’t seize life.  What if you saw a hundred dollar bill on the floor, fluttering past in the wind?  You’d grab it quick, grateful for the potential it brings.  Life is much more powerful, and just as fleeting.

Don’t waste time waiting, especially when you don’t know what you are waiting for.  Make sure you extract every drop of experience, and savour every ounce of joy, from every second you are lucky enough to get.  Otherwise you are not living, you are surviving.

Surely after millions of years of biological evolution and thousands of years developing society, we can do better than that!

Dream, hope, love.  Think, learn, share.

Be happy.   Don’t waste a heartbeat.