The Dude Abides

In the movie, "The Big Lebowski" the main tag line is "the dude abides". (if you haven't seen the movie, the dude is what Lebowski calls himself, he is a passivist, and just wants "to abide."That got me thinking- am I abiding like "the dude"? Could people call me "the dude" I would like th think that, and if u want to I wouldn't mind.

Abide is defined by dictionary.com as this: to endure, sustain, or withstand without yielding or submitting.Basically- am I accepting what life is offering me, living with the hand i've been dealt, or do I feel as though I am owed more or less. In the christian standpoint i feel that we should abide, no more, no less. we hear the phrase, to abide in christ- what does that mean? are we to just accept without yielding or submitting? without pausing or saying yes? or is there more? I don't want you to answer this in replies, because its something each person must answer themselves, in a way. Abiding for each person is someting different, because each life is different.