I think about death a lot.

I think about death a lot.

For the last 15 years I have been a volunteer listener for #Samaritans, a charity supporting people who are emotionally distressed, and who may be feeling suicidal and so, the idea of death and dying is never far away from my thoughts.

There are many faiths in the world, and I do not know which one is the ‘right’ one.

All I know is that we live on this one small planet in the vast universe, and we only have each other.

I used to think that Earth is like this one spot in corner of the shower ceiling, where the conditions are 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 for mould to grow.

The fungi might be having their own internal drama and civil war, and maybe, just maybe, they might be encountering their own existential crisis about the meaning of life.

I mean, you never know.

So maybe we are just like them – where our planet exists because it is the in the Goldilock position of being 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 for life to grow.

At some point, Some One Out There might decide to Mr Muscle* us out of existence, so all I can do is to make sure I live the best life I have right now.

Not later.
Right now.

When Death eventually comes for me, I shall be dancing my way out.
I will have no regrets.
No unfinished business.
I will have loved and laughed with all the people I care about.
I will have made the most of what I have.

Because for all I know, this is the only Life I will ever get to live.

#OnThePeiroll
#SaturdayThoughts

* Mr Muscle is a local UK cleaning brand of mould wiper-outers 😊