I have yet to come upon a major life changing moment, but I gain these changes and ideas through my family and their situation. A couple of years ago my mom had surgery and the day before she was due to come home, a complication occurred. This small factor could have ultimately led to her unexpected death.
Having a life experience hits a person harder when it's happening to them directly. This could possibly mean that reality hit them directly in the face like a ton bricks; it wasn't something that they ever thought of happening to them. I felt that my mom had this great epiphany of what her life meant to her during her near death experience.
"Me knowing I could have died and left you and Jamarcus at a young age was a life lesson. It taught me to live everyday as it were your last." This thought of my mom dead still scares me because I couldn't imagine life without her. At the time, this was a very scary and surreal nightmare. Now I am just grateful this fantasy didn't play out in my life.
A lesson this taught me; a lesson everyone could learn from, give people their flowers while they are still on this earth -in body and not in spirit- because today they may be here, but tomorrow is never promised.
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