I'd like to believe, and I think that I have reason to, that man kind
has tried always tried to justify their behaviors, whether wrong
altogether or simply wrong in motive. Although many of us know
otherwise, many of us would like to think that we have a good reason to
act the way we do. I think we'd all love to justify what we do to allow
us to think that the bad things we do really aren't that bad at all.
We'd like to think that our selfish actions, cruelty, vanity,
immaturity, and irresponsibility are "okay" because such and such did
this to us or we grew up this way or we've never had this or that.
YOLO,
you only live once, is the newest, most popular excuse among teens and
young adults for what they do with their lives. It's alright to get
drunk, have sex, do drugs, and other self-centered, inconsiderate things
because, well, you only live once so apparently you might as well just
do whatever. I'm not exactly sure what the person who came up with the
term intended, but I'd prefer to assume that it has been largely
misconstrued. Instead of using it to party, we should be using it to
show love and kindness. I mean, we only live once, right? We should give
the $5 to the homeless man on the street. We should help the old lady
in the grocery store who is trying to reach that can of green beans. We
should hold the door for strangers. We should be showing Jesus' kindness
throughout everyday life, in big and small ways, because this is the
only life we have.
