Dear VICE,
 Our time has come! This is our chance, and to let it pass by would be an absolute disgrace! This is our time, and not just our time, but ALL people, it is ALL of our times! We are not just individuals–not each person on their own, but rather the entire human race grouped together–that is who we are! And it is our time! Our time has come! It has arrived, and it’s a good thing that it’s come now and not a moment later or it would have come too late! We are at the deadline!
And we also see that it isn’t going to be easy! But we don’t care! We want it too badly to be lazy! So bring it all on! In one giant overwhelming chunk!!! We are going to be able to do stuff that we never thought we could do before! Life is too short! So much of the time we’re thinking about what we’ve done, and what we’re going to do, but we need to think about what we ARE doing! Right now! And how do we feel about it?
And do we want it to be something else—something better? And what is better? And what is the whole point anyway? And where do we begin? And why should we start now anyway? Because right now might very well be the last chance we will ever have! Because today might be the last day that we’re alive—that anyone’s alive! Tomorrow might not ever come, and we should work to do everything we can with the day that’s given to us—and that way if tomorrow does come we will have earned it!
Don’t feel guilty and let it slow you down! If you do feel guilty then use that to drive you into doing all you can! Never stop trying to do more! The time for resting and taking it easy is over! The time for being easy on yourself is long gone! We no longer have that luxury! We no longer deserve that luxury!
We are alive—and nothing should get in the way of us being happy about that simple fact. Knowing that fact, and realizing it as truth, and I mean, REALLY realizing it, not just looking at it as some sort of cheesy philosophy that you hear all the time, but living and dying by it—that should keep you happy no matter what—NO MATTER WHAT! We hear it all the time because it’s true. It’s also pretty intense. And because it’s so simple it can be overwhelming—but in the best way! It is not something to be afraid of! And if you’re not afraid of it, good! Now go out and put it to use! We say that we know and understand everything—then why aren’t we living like it? LIVE LIKE YOU MEAN IT! It’s admitting that you’re part of something bigger than just you, whether you like it or not. And a lot of the time, we don’t want to be part of something bigger. We want to be us. We want to be the one person that is yourself, or myself, and we build our whole lives to fulfill ourselves and to confirm and reconfirm that we exist in this life for us. We are not living beyond ourselves, we pride ourselves on being individuals.
And that is appealing and great, but it has so many limits! I don’t really know what I’m talking about, and I need to do this as much as anybody! And for all those people out there who say “I know this already!” good, now go spread the word! Because this is not an idea or a concept, this is fact! This is true! So give me a chance! And give everyone else a chance, because this one chance is all we have! What is the point of being human? The point is to push ourselves farther! We should push past the point that seems comfortable and easy! We should aspire to do the stuff that seems completely and totally impossible and insane and work towards it always! And never stop trying! Never settle for less!
The human race has never been faced with the set of circumstances that we are faced with now! We can’t pretend like this is just another day! This is THE day! This is TODAY! We have never been given today before! We hold it all in our hands! Go find a calendar and look at the date—whatever day it is, realize this: this day will never come again!
You can always find a million reasons to say no—to wait—to forget it—to ignore it—when are you going to start? It is too late when it’s too late! When you look back and wished that you would have been a little less lazy and a little less scared and a little more driven?
Do it because it is the right thing to do! Do it and expect nothing in return—only the satisfaction of knowing that you tried your best! This is why we’re alive! This is our potential! This is our mission! This is our time!!! NOW!!! NOW!!! OUR TIME HAS COME!!! LIVE!!! NOW!!! OR NEVER!!!
ANDREW W.K.
Musician
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