What if I told you that what you think about most of the time when you know you are at the end of life is neither the money you’ve accumulated nor the wealth you have nor the academic achievements nor the life you’ve built but how you’ve spend your time as a child of God and also as part of a family and a larger community?I know right!It’s never about the things,on that death bed.It’s never about who you are when you are given a few days or months or years to live.It is always about where you will end up in your after life and whether or not you spend your life right with your children or those you truly love.And that,that place is the most uncomfortable to be in.It’s the most heart shattering and painful place to be in.That place brings revelations about yourself that even you do not how to deal with;Avoided wounds surface,Broken relationships with those you truly love come up,Avoided conversations come up and it’s not a good place sometimes to be in.
This is because the toughest battle is not you against the world but you against you.The toughest battle is who you have become and who you knew you would have become if you gave sane advise a chance.If only you made the right call,spend more time with them,quit that toxic relationship,resigned from that job and started something of your own,If only you would be a bit carefree about what others thought of you or even just did the bare minimum at chasing vanity and just relaxed and absorbed the surrounding environments.You know.That’s the sad part when life comes to an end that most people sporadically talk about.Then when it happens and we try to tell the rest they either think it’s because we are too old or even maybe its just unfortunate for us and they actually distance themselves from that because its easier to use denial to protect us than actually sit with it for a minute and ask questions that really matter.
The beauty about Covid era was for some reason it took some if not all of us to what really matters.God,Family,Home,Health,Joy,Peace,Safety and so much more that is the actual wealth.Waking up in the morning to see the sunrise,to notice the birds chirp,to absorb the sun rays,to catch up with family members,to be safe and take care of each other,to notice the anthill right outside your door,to notice your child’s eyes are blue not really brown,you know,the beauty of really what life is.That my friends is the true wealth.The simple beauty of life is really what actually is significant when your time on this esrth is done.Yes that’s what they all think about silently in their beds when they know the time to go back to where they originally came from,if they are even lucky and blessed enough to get there.Some of them sad,others happy but most desiring more time to right the wrongs and build actual wealth and not just the mere riches.
Therefore today,perharps my proposal for all of us as human beings is to ask ourselves as early as we can;What is it that really matters?What really honestly matters?Because if we do not then we risk getting to that point of near the end and becoming extemely sad,shocked and majorly depressed.What are we really chasing after?What is the point of this life?What is significantly meaningful?On that death bed,what would bring you actual satisfaction?
Therefore,Honey,Take it slow,breathe and take stock;what is it you really are building?Who and what really matters?If we all just asked that question;Rural areas would be so much occupied and humans would be a little less cruel maybe.
Otherwise;The money,the good cars,the power,the access,the riches you keep chasing after and desiring,my love,I can promise you without fear of contradiction when it all comes to an end and the curtains almost draw,you will be on that bed or sit on that chair or stand in that position and realize bitterly;IT WAS ALL VANITY OF VANITES!
Yours Truly!
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