And trust me, while “Werewolves of London” is his biggest hit, it really does not showcase his songwriting as well as other songs do. He wrote songs that were wise, humorous, and just relatable. But after reading about him, I became interested and started listening to more of his work. Actually, other than “Werewolves of London,” I don’t know if I knew any of his songs before his illness. I can’t claim to be the biggest Warren Zevon fan out there.
It was an accomplishment, and it meant something. Having that lunch was not a life changing event, and it truly was not a memorable one, but I felt I had earned that lunch. That is the point of Zevon’s comment and that was what I did with my sandwich. It’s important to enjoy simple things and moments. It was nothing more than an Italian combo from Subway, but I can’t begin to describe how great that sandwich was to me. But anyway, my point is when I got my next paycheck after the week of ramen, I went out for a sandwich on my lunch break. I want to make it clear that I enjoy ramen noodles, but it’s one thing to like them, and it’s one thing to eat them because it’s all you can afford. After needing to budget myself very strictly about one month ago, I had been eating ramen noodles for lunch every day for over a week. It’s a shame.Īnd while I know “enjoy every sandwich” does not refer only to sandwiches, I can 100% relate to it and took it 100% literally recently. I battle depression regularly and often good moments are lost on me. Don’t get me wrong, I try to, but I don’t find it easy. It’s pretty simple, isn’t it? “Enjoy every sandwich.” We are a society of people that do not enjoy simple things as much as we should. While appearing on “the Late Show with David Letterman” for the last time Zevon was asked if he knew something more about life and death than he did before, he said what is now a famous line, “not unless I know how much I’m supposed to enjoy every sandwich.” Another person that was able to express some words of wisdom when he knew he was dying was Warren Zevon, who died ten years ago today.
Last month I wrote a blog about Mickey Mantle and the wisdom expressed towards the end of his life.
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