I started writing this as I was coming back from a funeral. As you might imagine, it was not at all how I had hoped to spend my Christmas eve, but it did provide some perspective as I prepare for the new year. The experience forced to contemplate mortality itself. They say you can’t take it with you. All of the material possessions you might amass in your earthly life will remain here while you pass on to whatever is next. What I often don’t hear said is that it goes for the intangible as well.
Rather than wealth, I have been building a stockpile of ideas, chances, and opportunities. I have just been holding onto them, waiting for a better time. But that is not how it works. It is not guaranteed. You can’t just store up spare time for later. You can’t just pause life to experience it more fully in the future. Use it well now.
For me, as I do my future planning, I am taking stock of all of those “One day I’ll…” wishes I’ve made and figuring out how to make it happen now.
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