Here's a Thought

So I went to the zoo today in San Jose. I've been there before. It wasn't particularly exciting, but I always enjoy seeing the lions and toucans. But on this particular visit I read something on a sign that made me think. I was standing in front of the jaguar cage. The poor thing looked a little chubby and kind of lonely. He started walking in a pattern around his cage at a slow pace. I guess that was his exercise. I felt sorry for him though, having to be in a cage and not living how he was really meant to be. And then I saw the sign. (No, not like the song). But it read, a jaguar will normally live between 12 and 16 years in the wild. The jaguar can have a slightly more prolonged life in captivity. And then it hit me... which is really better: to live a longer life stuck in a cage? Or to live in the wild, living as you were created, experiencing all you can in life, running and exploring and live a shorter life?

Okay, so that question sounds a little biased. You can probably guess my answer. But the real question is not, which would you prefer...but which are you actually living?