What is the difference between living and existing?

I have thought about this a lot lately. Many people exist in life and they go through each day simply existing. They may think that they are living, but they are really not. When you look around at the people in your life, how many of them can you really say are living???? It would be actually very interesting to go around and ask people if they feel that they are really living or simply existing.

It is interesting to see all the feeds on Facebook on what people feel and go through every day. Majority of it is pure bulls*@#! People don’t even realise how much bulls@#t they put on Facebook, it’s ridiculous, but so extremely funny at the same time.

To me, the difference between living and existing is quite large. Existing is when you go through every day, just being. You live in a safety net which you are so afraid to leave and you are so curious about how it would be to leave this safety net, but yet you can’t do it. You do what you “MUST” do and you say what you “MUST” say, because this is what you were taught and this is how you were brought up. You will never go against any of the values you were taught in life because you believe in it and opposing this is not up for debate. In fact, debating it is not even an option. The irony of the situation however is that the people who teach you your values and morals are the ones that mess you up the most…yes I am talking about parents!!!! Parents are the ones who mess up their children the most! (Not all parents, but too many.)

 Anyway, back to my point-doing what you are supposed to do, saying what you are supposed to say and living the way you are supposed to live- This is what it’s like to simply exist.

Living is what happens when you question everything in life, when you take risks, when you fail, when you can rise back up, when you do stupid things (not irresponsible), when you can be completely ridiculous, when you are real and when you are you and not afraid to be any of these things. Yes, it is extremely thrilling and worth every second of it!   

So, if anybody out there still exists, try to start living a little bit and don’t be afraid to do it!