Did I Earn The Sunset?
It's nice to try something new. Well, maybe it's not entirely new.
To sit down, with less distraction. Just you, your thoughts, and a canvas to write. And with the magic of the internet, to publish it.
One year passed by. And now we are in 2025.
Recently, I am quite struck with the snippet of John Cena's chat with Kai Cenat. I don't follow both of them religiously, but I am grateful that the snippet went viral for awhile. I think it's also good to write here as a good refresher to start 2025.
John Cena said: "I used to think I was put on Earth to be a wrestler. That was it. I was put on Earth to be a WW superstar, And then I started doing a little bit of acting and I'm like oh no, it's easy, I'm a storyteller. No, I'm a human being, breathing air like everybody else.
And I'm significantly insignificant. I'm a grain of sand on a beach on a pale blue dot out in the middle of nowhere."
"I just want to be useful, Life, to me, is a gift."
"In my tenure I understand I have been given lottery ticket after lottery ticket after lottery ticket, I am lucky."
"I understand my luck and I try to live each day grateful for my luck. So when the sun goes down, I look at what I did for the day, even if it's relax —did I earn the sunset? Some days I don't, and I motivate myself to try to do it again, but most days I do. And that's my sense of purpose."
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There is a deep humility but also responsibility there. I am significantly insignificant, however I would like to be useful.
I feel like it's a great question to fill my days.
Did I earn the sunset?