What would you do if...You were told you had twelve months to live
At first I would have thought that someone was playing a joke on me.
It would be difficult to accept such information.
But the end often comes suddenly, without any announcement, so this kind of information, if we knew it was 100% certain, might be easily accepted...
If only it wasn't too soon :-)
When I saw the first topic you suggested yesterday #galenkp, the first thing that came to my mind was a phenomenal movie I watched a long time ago, with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman: "The Bucket List".
I smiled at first, because I remembered their fantastic acting, but then some sadness came over me.
From the time I saw that movie (probably 15 years ago) until today, I was left, like most of us, without some important, close and loved ones, friends, relatives, family members...
I thought about what I would put on my bucket list, if I knew I had 12 months left to live... A very difficult choice... Which makes me wonder...
I am counting (on this post), in that option I would not have limitations of a health nature? So that I could move, walk, drive a car, swim without any hindrance and without anyone's help.
First, I thought of all those places I wanted to see and visit, but so far I haven't time (Paris Mauritius, New York...), of all those places I promised myself and my loved ones that we would visit together again (Italy ,Germany, France, Spain), of all those adventures I avoided doing, fearing for my safety, not to leave before time (bungee jump, paragliding, motorcycle, parachute jump...).
But, I remembered that it would be better to spend most of that remaining time with the closest people, relatives, hanging out with friends, family...
The scenario would be as follows: first, I would visit all the famous insurance companies and take out life insurance for large premiums, which would remain to my family. It's not fair, but it would be useful for those left after me... (As now I don't know when it will be the end, in 12, 24, 120, 360 or 720 months, I'm already paying one life insurance).
Next, I would make a plan for a big two-month trip around the world to visit everything I wanted to see... Probably I can get loans for the trip, because I would certainly need money :-)
On that trip I would do all the crazy things I didn't have the courage to do...
When I returned from that trip, it would be followed by hanging out with friends and relatives...
And finally, I would spend most of my remaining time with my family.
At the very end, in the last days of the twelfth month, I would be alone, went to nature, walked in the forest, in the mountains, meditate, slowly prepare for the last hour...
And the last hour spent in a place like this...
Ugh, it's really awkward to write something like this and to think about this topic...
And you should constantly think about this topic...
And live a life fulfilling everything I mentioned above, for those safe/promised 12 months.
Because in real life, nothing is certain and promised...
We turn on the alarm every night in the hope that we will wake up in the morning. And that alarm is the first signal of life and that we still have time, even for a moment...
We should travel, enjoy, help others, socialize, love, let others love us, respect us, share our time with others, to have wonderful, happy moments together so that we remain in good memory... every day that is given..
