-insert emo here-
Age isn’t something you can really watch happening. It’s the sort of thing that sneaks up on you, little by little. One day, you stop listening to the Pop music station. The next, you stop watching Teenuramas on television. You start making sure your bills are never late. You only use sick days when you’re actually sick. You care more about your lawn.
Then you realize, that youth has fled, and you’re old. You’re driving a Buick or Cadillac. You’ve got a plan for when you can retire, and just sit back and yell at kids.
Walking at the mall becomes your morning ritual. You loudly tell your family members what they’re doing wrong.
And then you die.
See, there’s no way around that last thing. You can follow some other path, but you will eventually die. Everybody does. It’s one of the things that’s the same about everyone. Eventually, no matter how hard you struggle, or don’t struggle, you’ll die. You can leave a legacy, you can have children, but you’ll be dead. And eventually, even your legacy, and your children, will all be dead and gone too.
Remember, what you have, is all that you have.