The Flying Donkey Project
theeverydayproject·@surfermarly·
0.000 HBDThe Flying Donkey Project
<html> <h3>One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it´ll be fun watching it.</h3> <p>A friend of mine was suffering from blood cancer a few years ago. He told me an anecdote from his time at the hospital that changed my life forever. </p> <p><strong>It´s the story about The Flying Donkey. </strong></p> <p><img src="https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17634397_1418321448250402_8163506474857886972_n.jpg?oh=47fbaa23f8cf979c2d89a69c03543a3d&oe=5999A365" width="960" height="640"/></p> <h1>The Flying Donkey </h1> <p><strong>"I was suffering from blood cancer and according to the doctors there was almost no hope.</strong></p> <p>One day my family and friends meet me at the hospital. They surrounded my bed, trying to hide their tears, and it almost felt as if they were saying 'goodbye'. </p> <p>Then suddenly my best friend came in. He looked at the group of people, then looked at me and started laughing.</p> <h3>We were all surprised. How could he laugh in such a bitter situation? </h3> <p>Then he explained: 'I can´t imagine you guys are all crying! This son of a bitch who is lying in front of you (<em>then he pointed the finger on me)</em> is the luckiest man on Earth!' </p> <p>The others stopped crying and stared at him not knowing what he was talking about.</p> <p><strong>'Yes! This guy has probably seen everything in life. The only fucking thing that could be still missed in his album might be a flying donkey.'</strong></p> <p>There was a huge silence until we all started laughing at the same time. He was so damn right. I had actually seen everything in life, and we all knew that. There was no reason to cry, no argument to be sad. </p> <p>Two months later I left the hospital. I am not sure if this Flying Donkey thing had anything to do with my recovery. But I somehow felt incredibly powerful after knowing that I was actually ready to die but didn´t have to.</p> <h2>From that day on I swore to God that I would enjoy being alive for the rest of my time." </h2> <p>His story moved me like no other one had ever done before. I still remember the day when we were standing in the middle of a party and tears filled my eyes. There was so much truth in his words. </p> <p><strong>"We should all live our lives to the fullest, not carrying them to extremes but being thankful for every given day," he added. </strong></p> <h2>That was the day I decided to follow his example and start LIVING. </h2> <p><img src="https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14316916_1192043154211567_1606873054484848046_n.jpg?oh=9bd638d9760f5c877539848fcafbffb9&oe=58748B67" width="960" height="960"/></p> <p><strong>That donkey definitely changed my mind. </strong></p> <h3>I am not saying that I didn´t enjoy my life before or didn´t know how to have fun, but since then I do it CONSCIOUSLY. That´s the key! </h3> <ol> <li>Breath consciously</li> <li>Laugh consciously</li> <li>Love consciously</li> </ol> <p><strong>We never know how much time we have, so we should use it properly.</strong></p> <p><strong>Thanks for your attention, I hope you enjoyed The Flying Donkey Story :)</strong></p> <p><strong>Marly - </strong></p> <p><img src="http://theworldlyrics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Fill-your-life-with-experiences.png"/></p> <p><em>Source quote found on thewordlyrics.com</em></p> <p><img src="https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15095450_1256062687779402_83366004063555182_n.jpg?oh=917184adaee8175591608bd39f52c719&oe=58CCDA77" width="960" height="960"/></p> </html>
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