On Life and Living: Essay

 On Life and Living: Essay

“Life itself is the most wonderful fairytale!” said Hans Christian Anderson. It is difficult disagree, I believe in the power of words. Words make it possible for our thoughts to travel through time and survive it. Imagination creates energy to believe and to create. In addition, we love, learn and grow; manifest and heal.

In real life, I am tired from pots and pants. I am not a housewife, more like a Princess promoted to the Queen status. I never was an ordinary woman. I am extraordinary and have power owned by information literacy that is obtained throughout daily continuing education. I am not a robot, and I am not happy that artificial intelligence rules life on social media.

Funny how time slips away. I am so lonesome, I could cry. Without love there is nothing to hold down to. The love keeps lifting us up higher.  Eventually, everything you love will eventually be lost Our fears do not stop death, and they stop life. Is it a fear of living? I think it is possible that love will return. Sometimes, love returns to earth from the universe in a different form. People say, after April showers come May flowers. When people love you, they pure hope in you. Those who we love do not go away forever, they walk beside us every day.

I am here, on planet Earth, because of my parents. I am a professional and always was a working mother. Besides, I am a Florida Author, poetess, love baking and knitting. Recently, a co-worker called me ‘the Renaissance person.” I always tried to live life to the fullest. Personally, for me, there always was a big joy and delightfulness to welcome, cradle, and raise a new life. Squeezing tiny fingers that resembled my own, knitting little boots for a newborn, celebrating life, acknowledging, and preserving the memories, which all are some components of life. To stay positive and share the joy with others: speak well, respond well, create well, because there is a delight in the everyday routine. The quality of life connected in the devotion to any family, professional responsibilities, and the society, in large. We are standing on the shoulders of people in our life from the past and bringing traditions in the best way we know, and by doing it, we are building the future. Past, present, and future make the trinity of life allied historically, sociologically, and even in individual physical health issues.

What is love? I would say, it is reaching out for the hand that was waiting, a who has a hand for me to lean on. Love is a powerful force of life. It is this binding element of dual attraction that steers our emotions and physical health. Love comes in different kinds of heart affairs. Beatles sang, “All you need is love.” No secrets, much about love remains a mystery. Life experiences taught us that they can be nurturing, humble, and healing, and it is typically worth every ounce of effort. There is a book written by evolutionary anthropologist Anna Machin titled “Why We Love.” Only in the dictionary, the word ‘love’ comes after the word ‘life.’ In retrospective, love makes life possible.

Tomshinsky@2026