Live Like There Is No Tomorrow Leads Man to Life of Self-Destruction
You’ve heard the phrase from cultural elites and the hoi polloi. Ghandi famously stated “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” The Mahatma was probably quoted while philosophizing and testing his restraint in lying naked next to a young woman.
Versions of the phrase have also made it into Hollywood movies like Vision Quest. In the 1980s hit, the main character Louden Swain is a teenage wrestler and stellar student athlete chasing the dream of beating the state champion. Swain concludes the movie with “We got to love those people who deserve it like there's no tomorrow. 'Cause when you get right down to it - there isn't.”
“I loved that movie when I was in High School. We watched it a ton of times. That was before Netflix and the internet so we didn’t have a lot of options other than the VCR,” commented Andrew James, whose dedication to the credo has led him to a life of debauchery and desolation. “What high school kid wouldn’t love a movie when some hot older woman wants you?”
“When I went to college and partied a lot I would be thinking, man, I should study and go to the library. But then I’d remember what Loudin said in Vision Quest and think that if I did die tomorrow, well, then I might as well get drunk and stoned,” remembered Mr. James. “Try to actually enjoy life, you know. And if I’m lucky, I also have a lady friend at the end of the night, right?” Unfortunately, that became the pattern for Andrew throughout his adult life.
“So if I’m not gonna make it past tomorrow, then why would I live with a long-term plan of exercise and eating well?” asked Mr. James to his therapist and drug counselor Rosalie Segura. “With YouTube I can watch that last scene in Vision Quest over and over again and say, yeah that’s right Louden.”
Andrew now regularly sees Segura to get back on track after decades of being on and off the wagon. “Death row inmates the night before execution don’t take a three mile run and then eat salmon and quinoa salads,” stated Segura, a counselor to many dysfunctional individuals and families. “But you're not on death row. Stop saying live like there is no tomorrow, because there is a tomorrow.”
Mr. James reflected on the profound insights of his therapist while sipping on wine. "Yeah, I'm gonna stop saying there is no tomorrow ... tomorrow," reflected Andrew after his fifth glass of Pinot Grigio.
Versions of the phrase have also made it into Hollywood movies like Vision Quest. In the 1980s hit, the main character Louden Swain is a teenage wrestler and stellar student athlete chasing the dream of beating the state champion. Swain concludes the movie with “We got to love those people who deserve it like there's no tomorrow. 'Cause when you get right down to it - there isn't.”
“I loved that movie when I was in High School. We watched it a ton of times. That was before Netflix and the internet so we didn’t have a lot of options other than the VCR,” commented Andrew James, whose dedication to the credo has led him to a life of debauchery and desolation. “What high school kid wouldn’t love a movie when some hot older woman wants you?”
“When I went to college and partied a lot I would be thinking, man, I should study and go to the library. But then I’d remember what Loudin said in Vision Quest and think that if I did die tomorrow, well, then I might as well get drunk and stoned,” remembered Mr. James. “Try to actually enjoy life, you know. And if I’m lucky, I also have a lady friend at the end of the night, right?” Unfortunately, that became the pattern for Andrew throughout his adult life.
“So if I’m not gonna make it past tomorrow, then why would I live with a long-term plan of exercise and eating well?” asked Mr. James to his therapist and drug counselor Rosalie Segura. “With YouTube I can watch that last scene in Vision Quest over and over again and say, yeah that’s right Louden.”
Andrew now regularly sees Segura to get back on track after decades of being on and off the wagon. “Death row inmates the night before execution don’t take a three mile run and then eat salmon and quinoa salads,” stated Segura, a counselor to many dysfunctional individuals and families. “But you're not on death row. Stop saying live like there is no tomorrow, because there is a tomorrow.”
Mr. James reflected on the profound insights of his therapist while sipping on wine. "Yeah, I'm gonna stop saying there is no tomorrow ... tomorrow," reflected Andrew after his fifth glass of Pinot Grigio.
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