Had a talk with a friend, today, and it got me to pondering.
We, as human beings, are all a concantenation of our experiences, thoughts, & feelings.
Life is short, & finite, and while beliefs & faith may tell you what happens after you shuffle off the mortal coil, none of us will really know until it happens to us.
But what do we really have?
Yesterday, doesn’t exist, except in memory. Tangibles, like pictures & keepsakes, are really just bookmarks, or checkpoints, where they trigger those memories of yesterday for us.
Tomorrow, also doesn’t exist, except as hopes and dreams. We dream of things we want, we hope for good things, but it isn’t here yet, so we don’t know that they’ll happen. Tomorrow doesn’t come with a guarantee, it’s not a major appliance. As the old cliche’ reads “Hope in one hand, shit in the other, see which fills up faster.”
All we really, truly have… Is Now.
Now, this day, this moment.
So, what are you going to do with it?
I know that I’m past the midpoint of my story, and am sliding into the epilogue.
I, am going to love as hard as I can, tell those I love, that I love them. Bring as much joy & laughter to as many people as I can, and cheer others on to winning as I am able, with the time I have left.
It might sound morbid, but that’s what happens when you hit the backside of life.
Ya gotta think about
“What am I leaving behind me when I go?”
I want to leave love, and laughter, and fond memories. Maybe some wisdom in the hands of those who can put it to good use.
What I don’t want to leave behind, are regrets, or unanswered questions.
I hope that the world will be a better place where I stood, but I won’t know, once I’ve left.
So, what are you leaving in your wake?