I’ve never run a marathon, or piloted an airplane, or learned to speak Mandarin. But I might! One day, I might do those things. They are within the range of things that are still possible for me to do with my life. It’s unsettling, though, to think of the things that I already know — for sure — I won’t ever accomplish. For example, I already know that I won’t be a pro surfer. At 2 years old, that option for my life was still open. At 32, it no longer is. I just won’t be able to make that happen now – no matter how badly I might want it. Even if I started training today, that ship has sailed. That’s what happens as we grow older. The list of things you know you won’t do gets longer. My maternal grandmother is in her nineties. She’s mostly in very good health but she can no longer travel by airplane. Anywhere overseas that she’s never been, she will never be. That wasn’t always the case for her but it is now. Day by day, things become impossible. For all of us. We should remember that. A random Tuesday of some random week might be your very last chance to…[fill in the blank]. Isn’t it crazy to think that, as a FACT, everything imaginable that can be done with a human life will eventually pass through those brackets? Some things have passed through them already. This year and every year, more will. They’ll pass through on a Tuesday. Or a Thursday. Or a Monday. Do you know what that makes today? Sacred.

Source: WBQ Original

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