Life
Armrests Will Not Save You
Here is a short post, but a worth point nonetheless I experienced while on a recent business trip.
While flying from Spokane to Portland one day, I was on a little puddle jumper of a plane for the hour flight and a very bumpy flight at that. It was a typical Pacific Northwest day with wind and rain. We hit a rather large pocket of turbulent air that shook our plan pretty good. I am on a plane very regularly for my 9-5, and this even gave me a jolt. But I had nothing to worry about. The guy next to me – maybe not so much. He grabbed onto the armrest like there was no tomorrow. Like the armrests were going to save him if we went down.
Sorry, but if the plane goes down, grabbing the armrests will not save you. That is a scientific fact – somewhere – I think…
Are You Ready If The Plane Goes Down?
To me, that shows regrets. That shows me that there is something in this man’s life that he hasn’t done and for the split second he thinks the plane is going down, he gives a last-ditch effort to try to get himself a few more minutes on the earth to regret what he hasn’t done.
We all aren’t going to make it out of life alive. No matter how much of a big shot you are right now, the size of your grave is all the same. Death is inevitable. Instead of letting death scare you, embrace it! People are afraid of death because they are scared of what they are leaving behind, or what is left undone, or what is left unsaid, or what potential you left on the earth. Make sure that you don’t leave anything behind. Sure, you can leave your house behind, your job behind, your “stuff” behind. But don’t leave behind telling your children “I love you” one more time, or missing that opportunity to see your beautiful wife smile, or that loving embrace from a good friend, or cheer loudly for your favorite sports team, or thoroughly enjoying that delicious meal or anything else that you love and enjoy. Enjoy the fuck out of it.
Don’t leave behind the things you WISH you said, or WISH you did, or WISH you saw. Go do them. Live life to where you don’t give yourself any reason to regret dying. Live every single day to the maximum knowing you are doing every single that you want. You have no regrets. Smile as the plan go down knowing that there is nothing left to enjoy. Stop grabbing the armrests and start living with no regrets.
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