The Great African Proverb

I take this proverb in a serious way. To me this proverb is telling me to live you life to the fullest,or else death or hard times will have a greater toll on you. When it says to find a storyteller, I take that as find something you truly enjoy, not something you do to please someone with. Something you really love to do. I know to many kids that try to pretend have fun to make their parents proud. For example sports. I have a number of friends who play a sport because their parents are so proud of them for it, or because they played back in the day. My friends will tell my how miserable it is. I feel really bad for them. I feel as you should do something you really love, and no matter how dumb people may think it is, when your parents see you love it, they will be very proud. All I am trying to say is try and live your life to the fullest, because we don't have forever.