the definition of life, as seen by a good number of the population in this little city:

you go to school.

you go to work, get married, have a few kids.

you retire.

and then you die.

now the author is well aware that it is not his place at all to judge, after all, who can say that there is a right and wrong way to live?

however.

the author wishes to suggest that there is so much more to do and accomplish in the boundless depths of life. so many get helplessly caught up in the rat race or "the system" that they lose that joie de vivre that they once glowed so brightly with. a life that once brimmed with possibilities becomes two-dimensional.

fortunately, it's never too late to rediscover the many things, as well as to find new things that make life worth living, to relight the fire, and rekindle the spirit.