Season One, Episode Eight
The Only Thing Guaranteed In This Life....
*WARNING*
This episode contains information that may be triggering to some individuals who have or are currently grieving the loss of a loved one. Or anyone who is sensitive to the topic of death.
The only thing guaranteed in your human life, is that you will at some point, die. The reason I want to discuss death is because no matter how much someone does not want to die, it is inevitable.
And yet, I feel so many people live their lives full of so much fear around the topic of death. So I am hoping to raise awareness for people to live their life regardless of the knowledge they will die and that when their time comes, that they walk into death fearless and with no regrets.
I have been both blessed and cursed with the familiarity of death from a very young age.
The curse is pretty clear in the sense that I have had to endure the pain of losing close loved ones to me. This introduced me to pain and loss from childhood and it did lead me down some dark paths in some of my grieving processes. (*Teaser for episodes to come*).
The blessing, was that I also began to appreciate life in a way that some go their whole lives never experiencing. I thank death for teaching me the lesson it did, to guide me on the path of who I am and how I choose to live my life. Because the fact is experience is a hell of a teacher, but you definitely learn.
The most prominent death I have experienced was the loss of my mother at the age of 12 (turning 13). This death was unique because as a young pre-teen girl, I was robbed of so many experiences with a mother and it shattered my heart into millions of pieces.
However, I was blessed to have a mother who never let the cancer destroy her life. She knew death was inevitable for her, but she was determined to live her life anyways. I want to emphasize how powerful this was for me to witness. And the older I get and continue my grieving process, the more I learn and admire from my mom over those years. Because my mother lived more in 6 years with cancer, than some people do their entire lives.
My mother was a remarkable woman for so may reasons, but being a guide of true life was her specialty.
I speak on this topic because I want to light a fire under people\s asses to live their goddamn lives. Life is way too short, even if you live to be the oldest person on the planet. And since death is coming for all of us, why not use that as fuel to live your best life? Because if death doesn't give you a sense of urgency to live your life, I truly don't know what else will.
When someone you love dies, it hurts like nothing else. I won't deny that. And no matter what anyone says, the grieving process continues on your whole life. The grief never goes away. But there comes a point where you need to realize that they continue to live on through you and that your life doesn't stop because of loss.
You owe it to yourself and everyone who has passed before you, to live your life. Be proud, authentic, kind, and all the things you are to your core and shine them onto the world. Let the world shine in all the parts of you that are hurting.
Don't be the person on your death bed regretting all the things you did not do. Because I have been on those deathbeds with many people, and it is heart wrenching. Find your peace in this life and move through it with compassion and love.
Because death is the only thing guaranteed in this lifetime, so when death comes knocking, I hope you walk into it proud of the life and legacy you have left behind.
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Cheers to dreams & wild things *
