My kids don’t like talking about the fact that one day I’m going to die. I mean why would they?
Nobody wants to talk about death. We don’t want to discuss inevitability. It makes accountability all the more important, which then increases responsibility and who of us needs more demands or stress? Both of which only spirals us back toward the dark abyss of nonexistence any way.
If I say I’m going to die one day, my boys will balk. Then my youngest son says, “I don’t wanna think about you dying.” I respond with you may not want to think about it but it’s going to happen one day and we never know when that might be. So it’s important that we tell each other we love each other and do everything we can to have good days together while we’re here.
Then I end our conversation with, “if something happens to me and I die what’s the last thing I ever told you?” And they both reply with, ‘I love you.‘
Life isn’t predictable, but the words we say today impact the lives of others. I can’t go back and change so many things, but I can ensure I don’t force my mistakes or regrets on them.
I love you.
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