Originally Posted by BaadDawg
To me valueing what we have and not taking it for granted while we have it is very important. The future is very uncertain at best. Enjoy what good fortune we have while we have it.
Soooo true.
Everyone dies, but not everyone lives.
Most of us will be long forgotten in a few short decades beyond our death. Precious few of us be preserved in the pages of historical memory. I'll personally be a meaningless footnote in some obscure digital file.
I sometimes reflect on a choice as I look back historically: if given the chance to relive in the past, I'd choose the much shorter life of an adventurer and social contributor whose days were fulfilling over an old geiser who died an octagenarian but who never did much more in life than graze in the field.