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Saying what is essential. What we need in life on lists. Sustenance or clothes; a place to stay out of the weather. Home. Oh home! But what kind of existence is that where we only have what we need to live? We can keep people alive. We can hook them up to machines and make their hearts pump. We can feed them. Yes, we can keep you alive. That mustn't be confused with making you live. We can't make someone live, just keep them alive.
          One might call being alive a starting point. Where we begin. We climb from there. We choose to live. The question becomes not "what do I need to live?" But, "what do I need to be happy?" Truly, the correlation between living, and happiness: Between surviving and satisfaction, is a larger one. We move to more ethereal, emotional, realms. To be loved, to be understood, to do, to love. We start to grasp at life and shake it! Sift it, find what clings and climbs, and what sinks to the bottom. Start to understand what satisfies, edifies, personifies, self. Where we stand. Find confidence in that! Supplies provided by one who knows, we can build a foundation. Our foundation. This rock we've built on, sure. This divine rock. Then, we know where we stand. We are living now. We can sit in the still of night and know we exist. We live. We can smile. Now, now we may find joy.
         Then, one mustn't confuse living, being satisfied, with finding joy. Not just to live this good, but we seek excellence! We will Thrive. We will Climb. Higher. To not just live, but scream in vibrancy! To sail through the night sky of existence like some celestial flame, and one may look in wonder. Look! Look at life! Look at happiness! And, Living. Standing. Standing is a great place to start.