“Every moment of one’s existence one is growing into more or retreating into less. One is always living a little more or dying a little bit.” These words by Norman Mailer are more than poetic — they are a call to awareness.
Think about it: life doesn’t wait. It doesn’t stand still. Every moment we live is a turning point — subtle, perhaps, but decisive. We’re either stepping forward into growth or stepping back into comfort, complacency, even decay. There is no pause button. There is no neutral gear.
When we choose to learn something new, to face discomfort, to speak our truth — we are living a little more.
But when we let fear decide for us, when we put off our dreams, when we stay silent to fit in — we’re dying a little bit.
Growth doesn’t require perfection. It requires motion.
It’s in the questions we dare to ask, the chances we take, the unfamiliar paths we explore.
So the next time you feel uncertain, ask yourself:
Am I growing into more? Or retreating into less?
Because every day, whether we notice it or not, we are shaping who we become — not in grand leaps, but in small, cumulative choices.
Let’s choose to live a little more.
Every single day.