As a nurse, I've become familiar with death on a very personal level.
We call it expiring.
Every patient, every person, when they pass, has a time of expiration.
You and I both have one, we all do.
It's a time on a clock, and it's a fact.
Your husband, your wife, your best friend, your grocery checker, your uncle, your sister,
assistant. That guy on the freeway that doesn't know how to merge. Your doctor, your neighbor,
and your newborn.
This is one of the only things we can be sure of in this particular world.
A little scary, right? Well the runner-up is change.
It's also a little scary.
Trying a new look, a new gym, a new bed time, a new social setting, a new deodorant, a new
job, a new relationship status, a new school, or a new activity.
We doubt it because we don't know it, and it's very real and very legitimate.
If doubt wasn't there, you would have done it already, but it is, and therein lies its
importance.
Will it work out?
It will or it won't, or maybe-kinda-sorta... but finding out... is precisely what we're
born to do.
So, if it is truly in your heart, then try that new look, show up to that new gym, reset
that alarm clock, say yes to safely socializing, be careful switching from Old Spice, put in
that two-week notice, end that toxic relationship, sign up for that class, travel to that airport,
and try something that just might enrich you.
Again, if it's truly in your heart, you can and should find a way to pursue it.
Remind yourself that none of us are permanent.
We all expire.
Your loved ones, and yourself.
"Scary" is not knowing that we will leave this world.
"Scary" is knowing that we will leave this world without doing what was in our hearts all along.
So for yourself, for myself, for everyone out there, do what you desire.
Also, learn how to merge.
It's not that hard.
That'll be your birthday present to me.
K?
Không có nhận xét nào:
Đăng nhận xét