Audience in the Heavens

I regret to admit that I’m one of those people who spends the majority of my time inside my head. I’m contemplating what others are doing or thinking. What I’ll do the following day. Or how the coming events in my life will affect me in the long run.

And I know I shouldn’t.

I know that my head is dangerous grounds, filled with an array of potentially dangerous thoughts. But I continue to dwell there. It’s because I’ve always been afraid. Afraid of reality, afraid of the world. Life’s scary though, isn’t it? Decisions, the actions of others, tomorrow – it’s all terrifying and yet…magnificent. The fact that life’s short worries me, but recently I’ve come to realise that this fact should instead be my motivation.

I’ve not got forever so I should act now. Life is happening right in front of me and by hiding in my head or procrastinating, I’m allowing the grains of sand to slip away.

We’ve all lost someone, or a great number of people, so this should open our eyes. Their lives are sadly over, but it’s an insult to them if we don’t make the most out of ours. I don’t know about you, but when death comes for me, I want to be able to say that I did something. And then when we join our loved ones, wouldn’t it be amazing if they greeted us by saying: “wow, what a life you’ve lived? I’m so proud of you…”

This is my motivation. I’m going to take life’s ride with this in mind – for we must impress our audience in the heavens.

~ Damsel