At 19, I feel the pressure of time, not because
I’m old but simply because our untimely demise can never be defined and marked
on a calendar. You cannot be guaranteed that tomorrow will be a new day but
majority of us believe otherwise.
Perhaps tomorrow we can chase our dreams, perhaps tomorrow the ones we
love will still be breathing, perhaps next year I can travel the world, perhaps
in 10 years I can have a family. But
really, nothing but today is granted to us.
So why is that I see people acting in a way that next week is guaranteed
to them or that tomorrow your best friend or your parents will still be on the
face of this earth.
Perhaps, we may live until we grow old and have children and we can look back
and say “We made it”. Truth is, unless you seize these moments right in front
of your eyes and you act in a way that you can look back when it is time for
you to leave this earth that you can say “Yeah, I’m proud of everything I’ve
done, of who I was and for everything I have been through.”
When you wake up in the morning, do you wake up and say “Ok, its time for me to be and do something with my
new set of 24 hours” or are you the type of person who says “Do I have to get
out of bed today? Do I have to go to work? Do I have to appreciate the people
in my life?” If you don’t appreciate your time, you will not value it and if
you do not value your time, no one else will.
If you were to die today, would you be proud of the opportunities you took or
didn’t take, did you tell the significant people in your life that you
appreciate them and everything that they’ve been apart of, did you achieve what
you set out to achieve? What dreams,
what ambitions, what words died with you? Did you want to say something but you
were too scared because someone might judge you or that you don’t know how the
other person feels about you?
I mean really, do we grab ourselves by our balls and just say what it is that
we really want to say and do whatever it is we wish to do? We are too scared to
feel pain, to be hurt, to be judged, to fail because we don’t want to hurt our
pride. We prefer to be in the safe haven of the “easy” life rather than work
hard and seize opportunities and make a great life for ourselves.
I happen to go to the Royal Children’s Hospital and that’s when you realize
that nothing in our life is ever guaranteed to us, not time and not life. Many
children face a battle that they could never win because they are terminally
ill but I bet you will never see a child or their family ever give up on the
fact that perhaps they will live until tomorrow, even though the doctor may say
it will never happen. Those touched by terminally ill family members, know the
value of time, but perhaps may never realize that it applies to their own life.
Don’t let the end of anything be filled with regret. You've got one life, make the most of it.
Tomorrow is just a day away, but that day could be the end to a beautiful
life. To mine, to yours and to those you
love.
Carpe Diem.
Hi there, James
ReplyDeleteExcellent post. Really. I wish more people thought like you; knowing the true value of the time we have in life and making the most of it—and making it our own. Not letting someone else make it for us. Be yourself, be proud of it, and live your life as if it could be gone at any moment.
I've followed you and hope you will keep up the great work. :)