Her birthday was a celebration, and also a poignant reminder. Life is short. We’re all headed to the same destination. Every moment is once in a lifetime.
I turn 40 years old next year, so this type of thing has been on my mind a lot lately. I feel good about the direction my life is going...the parts that I can control. I think pondering your own mortality is a very useful thing to do. Robert Bosman writes about this concept extensively in his 4,000 Weeks.
Life is extremely precious. Every moment, even the moment in which I am typing this out at my computer, is a once-in-a-lifetime moment.