the World Cup for average janes and joes

I'm a big fan of the movie 'Braveheart' and one of the most memorable things anyone ever said in a movie, to me, is; "every men dies. Not every men really lives" (from 'Braveheart,' obviously.d-uh) ..So what is living, really? How do you define someone as living their life..? I don't know why, but for some reason when people talk about "living your life," it almost automatically means going paragliding or snowboarding or surfing or AT LEAST go on a vacation to Bali. Is that all there is to life..? Does living your life mean you have to go do something, like, extreme or out of this world? Then what happens to the average janes and average joes out there? People who struggle to make a few hundred bucks a month and can't go vacationing for fear of depriving a few mouths they're responsible to feed? Or people who just CAN'T do all those extreme activities? Can these people not live their life?

The average janes and joes, myself included, do the average stuffs; sell cars and insurance, teach, sweep floors, clean windows, write a software, repair cars, etc, etc. Nothing extreme. But I think we can always ask ourselves this; if there ever was a World Cup for what I am doing, would I win it..? AM I THE BEST AT WHAT I DO? I think if everyone constantly ask themselves this question, then we are living our lives aren't we? Or at the very least, we're trying to..

...then again, what do I know? I'm just the average joe. I'm not going to Bali. And I'm not going paragliding or snowboarding anytime soon, if ever. But I'm going to live. And while at it, I'll win myself a World Cup or two :)