It has been so long since these fingers came together to write anything that I am starting to wonder if I still have the ability, but I guess we'll have to figure that out right now.
I am not going to go into the details of it, but just a couple of days ago, I came in contact with an old woman who was paralysed. And as I lifted her hands, I couldn't help but look into her eyes. I could feel the fear in them. Seeing all that is going on around you, but being unable to do anything about it, must have been nothing short of terrifying. That moment..., I don't know if traumatise is the best word to describe it, but it definitely left its mark on me. Life is fleeting, I kept telling myself. I just heard she's gone to be with the lord, and I don't know whether to be happy or to be sad, but she's getting some rest, so that is good.
Life is fleeting. How long do we really have to be full of life and at our physical and mental peak? Probably about 60-80 years if you are living a very healthy lifestyle, and even less if you are not. A lot of that time is going to be spent acquiring skills, knowledge, money, and doing what we can to survive. So in truth, we don't actually have that much time.
It is crazy how life can be basically anything at all. We have billions of people, and no single person has the exact same experience of life. And that's not even the craziest part, the craziest part is that at any time, anytime at all, you can make a decision that will change your life (Doesn't always have to be for the better though, but it's a change nonetheless, lol). The only thing is that for the decisions that change your life for the better, you have to keep consciously making those decisions repeatedly for a period of time, but for the bad decisions, it could be as little as once or twice.
Life is fleeting. And there's nothing we can do about it. With this in mind, I am going to continue to do the things I believe will make my life better. It may not always be easy to spot it, but I'll do my best, cause that is all we can do in the end. Live a life we can look back at and be happy about. At the end of the day, we probably won't be here in the next 100+ years
Cover image taken by me
