Today, I found out that two of my friends have joined the army and will be shipping out in the next week. It made me realize something quite disturbing. Death is no longer an abstract concept.
When we're young, death is so huge and frightening that we cant even place it in our lives. We picture our family, pets and friends living forever because our brain cant comprehend them not being there.
But once we age, after possibly losing a family member or two, we start to realize just how relevant death can become. One minute they're there, the next they're not.
It is really quite depressing when you get down to the fundamental rule for living: "No one gets out of here alive." However, as The Doctor pointed out after being told he had thirty two minutes to live: "You're forgetting about thirty one whole minutes where I am very much alive!"
So think of your life as your thirty two minutes. You have thirty two minutes to love deeply, laugh with your whole body, achieve your dreams and make your mark on humanity.
I think some people get so wrapped up in the idea of having such a short time that they waste their thirty two minutes being pessimistic and afraid.
And some people think "Thirty two minutes? Heck yeah! That's like forever!" So they wait until their time runs out before they try to do anything.
I want to be somewhere in between. We have one chance to do this right. To make something of ourselves. And that's terrifying. We could screw up and game over. Or we could rise higher than we ever expected.
My goal in life is not to be rich, or famous, or do something extravagant and impress everyone. My goal in life is simply to be happy. To my life to the fullest, and to enjoy the short time we have.
We've got thirty two minutes. But in those thirty two minutes we can achieve anything.
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