Tomorrow morning if you wake up, reward yourself with a smile.
This isn’t a joke. Honestly.
Many people don’t think of mortality. When they do they think that other people die. That’s the difference. According to statistics, globally approximately 185,000 people will not wake up tomorrow.
Every day someone reading this message will be affected by mortality. There are three stages of separation on mortality. It is either your own, someone you love, or someone you know. I know we could argue that there could be a fourth to cover “everybody else”. However, the reality is that mortality touched your life in only three ways.
With each of these three ways there will be varying degrees of emotion.
With the first level - ie your own mortality, you may or may not be aware of it coming. Awareness brings reflection, denial, acceptance and all those are affected by who you have near.
The second level has the same. Only this time you have the pain of seeing someone you love or hold dear slipping away. Again, if it’s known about. If it is sudden, then shock will be the biggest factor - to start with. Then the others will come.
With the third level, for those you know. This can be a curve ball. Why? Simply because it can reopen your emotions to times when you have experienced the loss of someone in the second category. This brings an empathy to the families and close friends of that person, because you too know exactly what they are going through. More so, it brings reflection to your experience.
So mortality is very real. It’s going to affect us all. We may be blessed with a long and happy life, but it still will come. Don’t be afraid. It will happen when it is meant to, and even though it may not seem right at the time for those who are trying to process it, it happens for a reason.
Take every “tomorrow morning” as a new chapter. Take the good out of every day you get to wake up.
Tomorrow morning, don’t forget to smile…
Happy Damn Friday! x
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