Alyice on August 13th, 2008

Live. Love. Laugh.

“Live well, Love much, Laugh often,” that’s probably my most favorite saying outside of the scriptures. It’s so simple and yet so profound. But have you ever stopped to ponder what it really means?

Some days, I can’t help but think how lightning fast our lives pass us by and how often we go through life on auto-pilot, never truly taking the time to slow down long enough to really live, to really feel love, to laugh so hard our guts feel as though they just might burst.

This jar contains the words, “Live, Love, Laugh” (etched into the molding paste) because I wanted to remind whoever buys it to slow down long enough to truly experience life—to experience it in its rawest form, our emotions.

The original poem was written by Elisabeth-Anne “Bessie” Anderson Stanley in 1904 for Brown Book Magazine. The poem, in its entirety, is below:

He has achieved success who has
lived well, laughed often, and loved much;
Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women,
the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;
Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;
Who has never lacked appreciation of
Earth’s beauty or failed to express it;
Who has left the world better than he found it,
Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul;
Who has always looked for the best in others
and given them the best he had;
Whose life was an inspiration;
Whose memory a benediction.

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