Home » Attitude, Change, Character, Experience, Failure, Freedom, Happiness, Hope, How To Live, Inspiration, Learning, Life, Living Today, Loneliness, Motivation, Pravs World, Self, Time

I Forgot To Live

Submitted by Pravs J on Thursday, 22 January 200938 Comments

 

I Forgot To Live

First, I was dying to finish my high school and start college.
And then I was dying to finish college and start working.
Then I was dying to marry and have children.
And then I was dying for my children to grow old enough so I could go back to work.
But then I was dying to retire.

And now I’m dying. Suddenly I realized that I forgot to live.

Don’t let this happen to you. Appreciate your present situation.
Enjoy each day.

Pravs J - Forgot To Live

Pravs J - Forgot To Live

38 Comments »

  • Raj Singh said:

    Hi Pravs,

    I am your fan.
    Forgive me if it’s wrong place to ask.
    I need your photo of Michael Jordan “I missed 9000 shots …”.
    Please send it by email.

    Thanks,
    Raj
    raj.fusion@gmail.com

    - 22 January 2009 at 3:04 am
  • Vusi said:

    one said you must leave your life to the fullest like today is your last day. celebrate life,enjoy while it last as you don’t know what tomorrow holds for ya.

    - 22 January 2009 at 6:27 am
  • NAN said:

    this is the way. we can’t stop that but we can change it day by day. thanks for remember pravs

    - 22 January 2009 at 7:43 am
  • Kovashnee said:

    The words that leave our lips and confessions upon our lives. We must totally centre our selves in the now, each instant, each nano second. The existance of self fully in the now, with complete isolation from what was and is to come is liberating to the soul.

    - 22 January 2009 at 10:14 am
  • Manish Jain said:

    This is an eye-opener for all workaholics!

    - 22 January 2009 at 11:26 am
  • Veena said:

    So very true!!! Thanks for your constant reminders on the true meaning of our lives. Keep up the good work!!

    - 22 January 2009 at 12:16 pm
  • Eliane Cerchiari said:

    Manish Jain, you said the right thing.

    Even in a fast-paced and demanding world like this is, one must bear in mind how important it is to live today´s moment without skipping stages

    - 22 January 2009 at 3:24 pm
  • Balaji Nayuni said:

    No never…. My GOD has been watching me…! Ever & Ever…! So he knew when he wants to give the LIFE to me…! Already He decided my LIFE

    - 23 January 2009 at 3:08 am
  • Tony said:

    Very interesting poem.

    - 23 January 2009 at 4:05 am
  • Ganesh said:

    enlighten the entire life with few senteces..very true and very inspiring..thankyou

    - 23 January 2009 at 5:35 am
  • ImaNicePerson said:

    Nice poem. We should all enjoy life and live each day to the fullest.

    - 23 January 2009 at 4:37 pm
  • pravsj (author) said:

    @ Raj
    I don’t think that one has been uploaded to this blog. You will see it shortly.

    @ Kovanshee
    Wonderful thought

    @ Nan Manish Veena Eliane Tony
    Glad you liked it

    I guess in between our routine lifestyle at times we do forget to live.. I do many times myself. This thought just makes one think again.

    - 23 January 2009 at 7:16 pm
  • CD said:

    These days we are all very busy, so much in a hurry, so eager to arrive at whatever cost its gonna be; that we don’t enjoy anything on the way and we never take the time to see…
    but the road doesn’t count by its end only..in each journey we reach a place, in each step we can still discover a hidden face of this World. We only need to LOOK, WISH , BELIEVE , LOVE…

    thanks Pravs

    - 25 January 2009 at 8:21 pm
  • Ways said:

    thx so much for reminding us always. sometimes we forget that we really live, esp. in a pretty tough time and also forget to appreciate what life give many things to us.

    - 28 January 2009 at 6:56 am
  • SAMANNAZ said:

    I think real love caused I dont forget to live.and enjoy each day

    - 2 February 2009 at 5:21 am
  • bahareh said:

    thanks alot,this massege was very nice

    - 3 February 2009 at 12:56 pm
  • Mich said:

    Very very true
    as if u are talking about me.

    - 5 February 2009 at 4:36 pm
  • Bagonza said:

    Its Realy interesting and inspiring to always appreciate what you are and what you have. nice poem

    - 6 February 2009 at 9:44 am
  • rabab said:

    i think that is our mission in life to study to work to marry to have children..to get old then to die..
    that is the life i know..
    what is the life y mean???

    - 16 February 2009 at 10:51 am
  • rabab said:

    i think that is our mission in life to study to work to marry to have children..to get old then to die..
    that is the life i know..
    in your oponion what kind of life should i have to live???

    - 16 February 2009 at 10:54 am
  • rodz said:

    very the nice…
    i’m like it

    - 19 February 2009 at 2:40 am
  • Guru said:

    Hi,

    This is a really true experienced words…. i felt…!

    - 19 February 2009 at 11:27 am
  • Devendra said:

    This is a superb message!

    - 20 February 2009 at 5:37 am
  • daughter of life said:

    this is a poem that reminds us that there is more to life than what we desire.
    a wonderful reminder of what we have forgotten

    - 24 February 2009 at 6:18 pm
  • Divya Ahuja said:

    keep up d gud work…but i wanna ask tht there is a tomorrow 2 face new problems each day….who says live like this is our last day!

    - 24 February 2009 at 6:43 pm
  • theresa said:

    This is nice poem it really reflects my situation before i was a working student.For me to survive I always think that God is my strength and my savior that’s why i succeed.Thanks PRAVS!

    - 26 February 2009 at 1:34 am
  • Raquel said:

    One always needs to be reminded of how precious life is, because in our day to day lives we seem to forget,

    - 26 February 2009 at 8:19 am
  • preetha said:

    Thanks a lot for posting this :)

    - 26 February 2009 at 5:14 pm
  • Jaysri said:

    “I forgot to live”-is the excellentn quatation among the all quotes published in pravesworl.com. It is a real live tale which we all play in lifetime. Really it is touching . I never think before like this.

    With best wishes,
    jaysri

    - 4 March 2009 at 4:42 am
  • chandrashekhar said:

    it is very good thought….thanks for this.

    - 6 March 2009 at 1:20 pm
  • Yani said:

    Hi pravs, thanks for inspiring millions of lives thru your unselfish thoughts of wisdom everyday…it really helps me a lot in times of my very low days…but now reading everyday your words made me a better person…your great!

    - 13 March 2009 at 3:19 am
  • fatima said:

    hY pravs luvin u mann ur simplly awesom relly

    ur written piece is tru story ov my lif, feeling ov my heart ahhhh luv ya mannn

    may God give u success in evry path ov lif

    - 9 April 2009 at 4:55 am
  • adam said:

    this brought a tear to my eye because it’s exactly what i have been reflecting on and i am only 18. thank you so much for posting this.

    - 12 May 2009 at 11:06 am
  • Sarabjeet said:

    Remember that Tomorrow Never Comes,Everything is Today Only.

    - 19 May 2009 at 2:58 pm
  • ruby said:

    this is me ! i forgot to live … i am a living dead!existing but
    not living …please help me to get out of my coffin !can you
    please introduce me to any of your friends and help me to see
    the beauty of this world … kate_hahn@yahoo.com .is my email
    add ..thanks !

    - 29 May 2009 at 3:53 am
  • bahareh said:

    thanks alot, realy ilove this message alot, i printed it, and gave it to my friends as gift

    - 24 January 2010 at 8:07 am
  • JAY PJ said:

    I FEEL LIKE THE POEM IS ABOUT ME.

    - 27 January 2010 at 8:14 pm
  • aLY said:

    I won’t agree at all , because the life is just lije that that how human live

    - 8 February 2010 at 3:59 am

Leave a comment!

Add your comment below, or trackback from your own site. You can also subscribe to these comments via RSS.

Be nice. Keep it clean. Stay on topic. No spam.