DIE DAILY.

THIS IS A SAYING WE LIKE TO KICK AROUND.  IT HAS A SPECIFIC MEANING, THAT IS MEANT TO CHANNEL THE ENLIGHTENED MIND, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SPEAKING IN A LITERAL SENSE IN REFERENCE TO DEATH, BUT RATHER, METAPHORICALLY.  DEATH IS SOMETIMES USED TO SYMBOLIZE REBIRTH.  IN DYING DAILY, WE ARE SPEAKING IN TERMS OF THE INNER SELF, OR RATHER THE EGO.  THE EGO HAS A WAY OF SEDUCING US INTO THE IDEA THAT, WE ARE MORE, OR LESS, THAN WHAT WE ARE.  THE SAYING IS MEANT TO REPRESENT A STATE OF MIND, IN WHICH YOU RENEW YOUR MIND, OR THINKING, ON A DAILY BASIS.  OUR EGO WILL, ON A CONSTANT BASIS, ATTEMPT TO DISTRACT YOU WITH A SENSE OF FEAR AND REGRET.  FEAR OF THE FUTURE.  REGRET OF THE PAST.  OUR LIVES ARE A CONSISTENT PROGRESSION, FROM DAY TO DAY.  HOWEVER, WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE IT THAT WAY.  WE SEE OUR LIVES, SOMETIMES, AS A LONG TRIP TO AN UNKNOWN DESTINATION.  THEREFORE, WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO PACK EVERYTHING WE HAVE JUST IN CASE WE NEED IT, AND CARRY IT WITH US ON THIS LONG UNCHARTED QUEST, TO WHERE?

DIE DAILY, IS A METHOD OF THINKING THAT, EACH DAY, IS NEW.  THAT, EACH DAY, YOU PUT TO REST THE FEAR OF THE FUTURE BY EITHER, DEVELOPING A CONCISE PLAN TO MAKE PROGRESS ON DAILY, OR, SIMPLY NOT WORRYING AND TRUSTING THAT THINGS WILL BE OK.  ALSO, THAT EACH DAY, YOU LET GO OF THE PAST MISTAKES YOU'VE MADE OR TROUBLES YOU'VE ENCOUNTERED, AND FACE THE DAY BRAND NEW.  IT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF LIVING IN PURE SURVIVAL MODE, BUT, MENTALLY.  YOU ARE ONLY TAKING WHAT YOU NEED, FOR THAT SPECIFIC DAY, ON A JOURNEY YOU'VE CHOSEN A DESTINATION FOR.  OR PERHAPS, YOU INTEND TO WANDER, AND THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, BUT, THERE IS NO NEED TO CARRY MORE THAN WHAT YOU NEED FOR THE DAY.  NOW, THERE ARE SOME THINGS, THAT WILL BECOME NECESSARY TO KEEP THROUGHOUT THE JOURNEY, AND THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT.  BUT NOT EVERYTHING.

EACH DAY YOU ARE STARTING NEW, BY DROPPING THE PAST, FACING THE FUTURE WITHOUT FEAR.  IN DYING DAILY, YOU HAVE NO SECRETS, BECAUSE YOU'VE MADE YOURSELF GUILT FREE.  SOMETIMES, THE PERSON WE LIE TO THE MOST IS OURSELVES AND WE THINK BY TURNING THOSE LIES EXTERNAL, THAT WE ARE PROTECTING OURSELVES, BUT YOU'RE NOT.  YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY CREATING MORE BAGGAGE FOR YOU TO CARRY ON YOUR JOURNEY.  LIKEWISE, WHEN YOU ARE UNSURE ABOUT THE FUTURE, YOU BEGIN TO BECOME FEARFUL.  WHEN THIS HAPPENS, YOU EITHER BECOME STAGNANT OR PARANOID, AND THIS ALSO ADDS AN UNNECESSARY AMOUNT OF BAGGAGE TO YOUR TRAVELS AS WELL.  BY DEVELOPING AN IDEA OF WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO, OR WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO, AND THEN STEPPING BACK TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE MAP, YOU CAN BREAK DOWN THE TREK INTO POINTS AND GO FROM POINT TO POINT.  THIS IS YOUR LIFE'S PROGRESSION.  A SERIES OF POINTS.  BY GIVING INTO THAT FEAR, YOU CREATE AN IMAGINARY ENEMY, BUT, THE ENEMY IS WITHIN.  THEREFORE YOU CARRY IT WITH YOU LIKE A WEIGHT AND IT EFFECTS EVERYTHING YOU DO.

LASTLY, BY DYING DAILY, YOU REALIZE YOUR DEATH.  ONE DAY YOU WILL DIE.  WHEN YOU MAKE PEACE WITH THIS, THEN, YOU ENCOUNTER A SENSE OF FREEDOM AND THE UNNECESSARY BECOMES JUST THAT, UNNECESSARY.  NOW, THINGS BEGIN TO BE PUT INTO PERSPECTIVE AND YOU ONLY WANT TO TAKE THE THINGS THAT ARE MOST VALUABLE.  IN THIS CASE, EXAMPLES OF THIS WOULD BE, LIFE LESSONS, PRINCIPLES, LOVE, HONOR, HAPPINESS, FAMILY, ETC.  IF YOU WERE ON YOUR DEATHBED, THINGS WOULD MATTER LESS.  IN THE SAME VEIN, ONLY THE TRULY IMPORTANT THINGS MATTER AND MISTAKES MADE, OVER TIME LOSE THEIR GRAVITY, SO LET IT ALL GO.  AND DIE.  WAKE UP KNOWING, YOU WILL DIE, AND MAKE THE BEST OF THE DAY.  - IF