In 2018, I almost drowned. It was at a lake we would sometimes go fishing.
I came face to face with my mortality, forced awake to the reality of mortality, a reality we often try not to think about. A reality we try to push off as far to the future as we can.
It was a lesson to not take life for granted. To take care of the things in my life that matter. To not have regrets because of having things in ones life undone. For the only things we can take with us to the other side, is what we have done, what we are, and our experiences. And to have left behind a legacy, and not just a legacy, but ideas, inventions, etc.. that can outlive us and benefit the people still here, and those who will be here. To help humanity with their problems, and inspire them, and awaken them to realities never considered.
And to be with the ones you love, and to have a wonderful life while it is yet possible, before the sand runs out.