There's no such thing as caring too much about life.

A lot of people tell me that I should be a speaker or a writer. I'm told that I'm eloquent and that I have a lot of good ideas and yet, my voice freaks me out quite often. It really does.

Sometimes, my voice makes me cringe.

Especially when my thoughts chime in with thoughts like: "SERIOUSLY, RACHEL? WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS NOW. I MEAN. SRSLY. COME ON. STOP TALKING. STOP CARING SO MUCH. GEEZ!"

There's a lot of things that I care about and a lot of dreams that I have. But I constantly fear that I'm extremely overwhelming and agitating because I care so much about life. I fear that against the apathy in my society, that my voice sounds a lot like what drinking vinegar would taste like. I care so much about life that I don't want people to give up on it. I don't want to come off as annoying. I want people to see that life is beautiful and worth fighting for.

I have a really great friend who tries to remind me that there's no such thing as caring too much about life. Our immediate circle needs it: Our friendships, our families, our co-workers and the dirt underneath us. And the rest of the world needs it, too. People all around the world need other people who care about life enough that they're willing to respond to it, and share it and have conversations about their dreams and live in such a way that it demonstrates how much they care about life.

There's no such thing as caring "too much" about life. Besides, there are consequences to not caring about life.

I mean look. There's so much 

loneliness

and deception

and violence

and it makes a person wonder if life really does offer love, friendship, truth, meaning and beauty.

I just long to see people become so moved by the beautiful and true things of life that they can move past their fear and the circles of distraction that they get caught in. Caring about life (about your life and the life of others) can be as simple as choosing to call someone you appreciate to go on a walk with you instead of staying at home and feeling sorry for yourself. It is as simple as texting less when you're out to eat with a friend and being present more. I want to see people who are willing to say "ENOUGH!" to all the things that steal life and begin to seek those things that bring life despite the chance of failure.

There's no such thing as caring too much about life.

Repeat after me:

There's no such thing as caring "too much" about life.

There never has been.

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