"Here's hoping you will live every day of your life," a friend wrote at the close of a letter. What he meant was he hoped his friend would live fully and happily every day. But do we really live, or do we just last as long as we can? One life is all we have. We'd better not live a butterfly existence. We'd better live zestfully and meaningfully every day.

Thoughts by the late Rev. Paul Osumi are selected weekly by his family.