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You Only Get One Shot At Life, So Make The Most Of It
Live your life today, not tomorrow
Death is something that I think about now and again. During a walk the other evening, my thoughts turned to death and what it means to me now.
I’m 30 at the end of the year. That’s not old by most people’s measure, but it feels old to me. I feel like I have been alive for a long time when the reality is my existence is but a drop in the ocean in the grand scheme of the universe.
I enjoy my life. I enjoy writing, meeting my friends, spending quality with my family and being able to exercise and stay healthy. As I made my way along my walking route, it dawned on me that things will not always be like this.
One day, I will wake up and I won’t be to exercise as much as I used to, I may not be able to meet up with old friends. One day, there will come a point where I’m a distant memory. A relic lost to the past.
This is the reality of life unfortunately, the things we love get taken away from us at some point.
It’s strange to feel sorrow for events that may or may not come to pass, but it was an eye-opening thought process. Instead, of wallowing in pity for my future self, I should concentrate on enjoying myself in the present.
