(Pretend) You are dying

Daily Meditation 831–6/9/2024

It’s easy to end up caught up in the minutia of daily life and it’s easy to believe you’ve got all the years in the world laying ahead of you.

One day you’re 15, a beanpole boy in highschool, you play video games from 7pm through 2am every day devouring Cheetos.

“I’ve got my whole life ahead of me.”

Then, in the snap of a finger, you’re double that — 30. 30, overweight, and when you’re not working, you’re at the PC, gaming until 2am and still enjoying them Cheetos.

“I’ve got like 50+ years ahead of me.”

Before you know it, you’re 45. Now you’re working 50 hours a week (OT to afford that vacation), paying some child support. When you’re not working or spending time with your littles on the weekends, you’re — you guessed it — gaming. Now, you also meet some friends for beers and D&D once a month too. Your doctor keeps insisting you go on a diet, cut the beer and Cheetos!

“I’ve got, I don’t know…15 years of work left and still about 45 more years. Plenty.”

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