The Big Chill

I thought I'd use a cutesy title to talk about a subject no one wants to talk about. The D word. Death. One thing we all face when we reach our fifties is that we have more history than future! Not something we want to think about. Its definitely not something we should endlessly dwell on but it needs to be acknowledged.

For all of us life begins at the same point, birth, and ends at the same point, death. The rest is all journey. Mr Shuster take a bow. If you don't know who he is then you aren't watching Glee. TV isn't real life but those words ring true because we are on a journey. Each of us gets to decide what our journey will be like. We have travelled a long way to get to this point. Now is a good time to see what else we want to do on the rest of our journey. Ignoring the end point doesn't make the journey better. It might mean that you'll miss out on something. What I'm telling you is this,what you did on the journey so far is great. What you missed doing is not so great but you're still here with plenty of opportunity. Don't miss your stop because you thought the train was going to go around forever.

I once had a talk with my kids about death. Specifically mine. With the movie The Big Chill in mind I told them I wanted a GreenDay song played at my funeral because the words spoke to me about this journey called life. "Its something unpredictable, but in the end is right. I hope you had the time of your life." Life is unpredictable. That's the beauty of it. Now move it! Go have the time of your life!