One day it’ll all be gone:

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One day it’ll all be gone.

All of this.

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You.

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Your money.

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Your possessions.

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Your family.

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Your friends.

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Your experiences.

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Your memories.

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Your moments.

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Your history.

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Your legacy.

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All of it will disappear.

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What are you left with?

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Not much.

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Moments.

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Memories.

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Experiences with those you love.

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That’s all you take with you to the grave.

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Was reminded about the fragility of life today.

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How quickly it can all disappear.

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Went to my cousin’s grandfather’s funeral.

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They didn’t know him well.

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We didn’t either.

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Even my uncle wasn’t on the best of terms.

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Yet here he was.

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Grieving.

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Crying over the loss of his father.

It was hard seeing him like that.

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Then it was this.

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Came back to my grandparents’ house when my mom dropped the news.

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One of their old friends passed away in India.

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Had a brain aneurysm while at a wedding with his mom.

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Gone.

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Just like that.

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I spoke to him a few months back at a 60th birthday party.

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Hadn’t seen him since I was a kid.

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Spoke for about 10 minutes and was great to catch up.

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That guy is now gone.

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Death is like that.

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Instant.

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Immediately, all your other problems disappear.

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When someone close to you dies, everything changes.

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Everything.

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The facade of life.

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The fragility of it.

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All of it hits you.

What’s the point of all of this when someone can be gone just like that?

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Yet.

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That’s the beauty of life.

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The fragility of it.

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The fact that we’re here and we go.

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Everything that is born must die.

That is an immeasurable law of the universe.

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We will go one day.

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So will all those we love.

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We don’t know when that day will come.

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But it will be here sooner than you think.

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For some it is tomorrow.

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For others it’s in 60 years.

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We don’t know when that day will happen.

But we do know it’s coming.

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It’s inevitable.

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So don’t worry about petty things.

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Silly issues.

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Don’t hold grudges.

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Let things go.

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Not for the other person.

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For you.

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It’s not worth it.

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Stop holding in stress.

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Let it go.

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You can’t control most of the world.

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So stop thinking about that.

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Focus on what you can.

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Focus on you.

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Focus on building the best life you can with what you’ve got.

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Live the life that you want to live.

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Because remember.

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One day it’ll all be gone.

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