The Times

WHAT IS LIFE?
Some people say that life's a race. Everybody has their eyes on their prize, their ulimate goal of a finish line somewhere in paradise. And these people will spend their lives put of breath, puffing and panting but pushing on towards a place they will find impossible to reach.
Some people say that life's a journey. As soon as you arrive here in this big, big world you will start this journey. And some people will travel the world and the seven seas witnessing every mountain and every molehill, losing their roots and adapting wings on their tired and shaking arms. And some people will remain gazing up at a tiny patch of sky that they at least can call their own, as they are imprisoned by the manacles that ground them and are their life's foundation.
Some people say that life's a dream. An episode of a summer fantasy lost amongst the shadows of trees and someone's expensive suit collection somewhere, where everything that happens won't make a difference because well, it never really happened.
And some people say that life's a story. And you're the Inkweaver who will put down those threads and tales that come together and amass and form this amazing, living-breathing YOU.
Some people write their tragedies and triumphs, their tears of joy mixing with their sweat and various contemplations of suicides and the tiny golden moments they want and need to keep locked up in a glass jar to be stored, lock and key, within the decomposing cabinet of the door to memory lane. Some people write about how many times they have had the limelight - or was it the gaze of all the green-eyed monsters ambushing in the audience - splashed upon themselves like rich robes in old cotton; and their story would be written in squiggly, shaky handwriting they hoped no one could really decipher. Some people live a boring life, day in and day out, sun rise and sun set. Some people hear that life is a stage and end up playing so many different roles even when the camera's not even rolling anymore. Everyone trying to be in the entertainment industry so pretty soon there'll be no audience, just a bunch of monkeys on stage dancing.
It's your story to write; it's your words that will keep you and free you.