Some time ago I contributed a piece to this website in which I lamented the fact that over the course of my life I’d faced many challenges that I’d overcome with the goal of continuing to learn and grow.
But now, faced with the challenge of dying, which can only end with me being dead, I couldn’t find a reason to overcome it.
I now have the answer.
Of course, I can’t overcome the fact that at the end of it all I’ll be dead. So, instead of overcoming dying, I’ll master the challenge of my dying process itself.
For the rest of my life, I intend to be as positive an influence on the world around me and have as many adventures as I can up until my final moment.
In fact, I consider my dying process to be my last adventure. And I expect a lot of “mini adventures” within it.
In short, I will now do deliberately what, I’ve been told, I’ve done accidently all my life – be a good person and have a lot of fun.
NOTE: The author has Stage 4 metastatic prostate cancer that was diagnosed in 2018. “I get impatient with fervent expressions of sorrow when, in fact, I myself am not sorry,” he told 30-Second Read. “I’m just living.”
Peace and prayers