YOLO

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.