It’s crazy how fast we can lose things so important to us.
One minute, we are living our everyday lives, and the next, something or everything that has some significance in our lives disappears. Things can change, quite literally, overnight.
This thought is something that haunts me every day. The thought of this consumes my mind and takes over everything I say and do.
Every second of our lives is a sacrifice of our future.
I watch every word I say, every conversation, and every single time, I ask myself if that’s how I want to leave things.
I don’t want to be the person who doesn’t let others know how much I value them. If I fail to let them know that, then I may have to live with that guilt until the day I die.
I often think to myself, if this was our last moment, is this the impression I want to leave, is this the last thing I want you to hear from me? And if I leave you with this, am I going to regret it or be buried in my guilt for the rest of my life? Am I going to want with every fiber of my being to go back to that moment and change the past?
It’s crazy how we are granted the gift of life and love, but it can never be promised.
I am grateful for many things in my life, like a best friend who makes every day all the more enjoyable, two parents who have sacrificed everything to put a roof over my head and food on the table, and grandparents who risked everything to give me those parents. And I will wish on every shooting star, knock on every piece of wood, and collect every lucky penny to continue to live the rest of my life with these people, but not even the stars know what the future holds.
If it were up to me, not one person would fear losing someone, but it’s not up to me. It’s not up to anyone. This is something that is out of anybody’s and everybody’s control.
It’s crazy how in the back of our minds, we all know how fragile our lives are, yet we still take each day, each loved one, or even each of our belongings for granted.
Over 15 years, I have learned that every moment is worth becoming a memory, every dream is worth remembering, and every person is worth being loved. We must cherish everything about life, for it could all vanish in the blink of an eye.
Life is simply a gift, not a guarantee.
