I saw a 19 year old unexpectedly die yesterday and it got me thinking...
We all live on borrowed time and we all eventually die. I think what scares us most is not the moment of death itself, but the moments we have from now to then, and how we live those moments. Some have days, some have years and some have decades of moments left in their lives. We spend most of our lives worrying about death or the moments in the distant future, and don't fully experience the "now"...to b...e alive in and embrace every moment...a sunrise, a rainbow, a thunderstorm, a starry night, a smile, a hug, a kind word, a melody, a run, smell of fresh cookies, a great book, or a conversation with friends...
... Our minds are often so engrossed in our future, or lost in our bitter past, that we forget that the only absolute certainty is the "now", this moment, this fraction of the moment... So let's embrace it and If possible enjoy it. I am not saying we need to decadently indulge in the present with a blatant disregard of the future. We can still try to live this moment without jeopardizing the future. I love the quote :" live like you'll die tomorrow, but plan like you'll live for ever". Hope we can live by this motto.