Get busy.

I don’t mean the kind of busy we’ve all been caught up in at times - rushed, stressed, and onto the next thing before we’ve arrived. 

I mean the kind of busy Andy Dufresne spoke to in Shawshank Redemption: “I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living, or get busy dying.”

If you are reading this: today you are alive. Someday you will die. 

Each of us is both living and dying every day. We have a choice to move our life in a meaningful and fulfilling direction (“get busy living”) or not (“get busy dying”). 

Prison is the ultimate metaphor for how our lives can feel at times. Andy found freedom because he made a choice. 

You also get to choose. Get busy.