If you had the chance to know, right now, the exact date of your last day on earth, would you choose to know? my entire life, i have always answered yes to that question. without a sliver of doubt in my mind. the reason why I would always answer yes is because if i knew when this day was coming, i would want to do all of the things i've only dreamed of doing. the things i say that i'm going to do, but always end up putting on the backburner. i would want to say the things that i've always kept in the far depths of my mind... i would want to shout these things from the rooftops.
but then i saw the movie bucket list and i started to think twice. if i knew the day of my death, i know for a fact that even though i would be living my last days to the fullest, i would be living them in agony. my mind would be somewhere else.. even if i were to be accomplishing my dreams. these accomplishments would bring me no satisfaction. why? because i know one day, the only thing left of me would be a memory, invisible footprints of where i have been, what i've said and done. i would be gone. and to me that sort of takes away the joy of accomplishment.
i have never said i love you. if i were to say it to someone because i knew i was leaving them, i wouldn't do it unless i really truly meant it. we can't do things out of spite. my best advice to you is to live life to fullest, but not because of the consequences, not because we all know we will be gone someday, but because we want to do things here and how. so that we may never regret. if not now, then when?
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