Mortality

Mortality makes you vulnerable. It awakens in you the fear of the end and the unknown. Each moment which is closer to the end reminds you of all that you’re not and that you still want to achieve.
And that’s what’s good about that fear because in those moments, your desire to live grows stronger, regardless of possibly having just thought “I’ve had enough of this life”. It’s like taking away from a child a toy which has been sitting next to him, but which he hasn’t played with until now. He suddenly wants to play with just that toy.
Some things must be taken away from you for them to become important to you, for you to see their value. In this case, to see the value of your life.
It’s ephemeral, your life, and you shouldn’t grow too attached to it…but at the same time, no matter what it’s currently like, it’s exceptionally valuable to you. You chose it, you chose to learn something in it. And all learning is valuable, no matter how difficult it is; it’s valuable because of the knowledge it leaves you with.
Your life is made up of hours, days, months…regardless of the fact that time doesn’t actually exist as such, your life is made up of it. You calculate it and break it down according to those days, months and years; you relate to time in everything you do.
And that’s why you should understand just one thing: each of those years, each day, and each month, they’re important to you because of everything they bring you, because of the opportunities for learning. And it would be a real shame to miss them.
It would be a shame to wait for the moment of mortality to think about them because that moment might be the last one in this life.
Breathe in the air which has been given to you, stretch out the body which has been given to you, clear your mind and listen to what your soul is telling you. Allow it to take you down the path you’ve chosen—it’s your path, and you can’t go wrong.
As long as all you feel is peace and inner joy, you’ll know it’s that path—your path, whatever it may be like.