Today, I learned that I’m going to die.
…Well, actually, I realized it a little while back. But I reminded myself of it today. I know what you’re thinking, and I’d just like to say: don’t worry. It’s not like I have cancer or anything. I’m just mortal (we all are), and I’m grateful to Marcus Aurelius for the reminder.
One day, I’ll die & my body will be buried in the ground or disintegrate like everyone who has walked this Earth before us. Maybe that day will be today (I hope not). Maybe it’ll be tomorrow. I don’t know. But the one thing I know for certain is that it will happen. And sooner than I can imagine. So the most important thing I can do is keep that in the front of my mind and spend my time in ways that would fulfill me as if these were my final hours… because in some capacity, they are…