We Have Only One Life

We each have one life. In Greek myths, the three sisters Fate, Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos determine our destiny. Clotho is the spinner who spins the thread of life while Clotho apportions our lot in life and Atropos snips the thread to end our life.

So we are born into a family and continue to follow our destiny until it is time for our exit from this physical world.

No one knows when this time will be. I wonder about the pros and cons of knowing the exact moment of our demise. On the plus side, I guess when you know how much time you have on earth, you would plan accordingly and map out your journey, deciding how much you want to achieve before then. On the other hand, you might become a nervous wreck as the time approaches, wondering where and how you will make your exit.

If you do not know and this is the case with all of us, not knowing when we will become the late, we will continue to live life the way we do. Some of us have our life mapped out at least for the next twenty years; we know where we are going and how we are going to get there.

Others may just drift along like a piece of driftwood carried by the tides in the sea of life, accepting what life brings them.

All that said, it would be good to step back every now and then to evaluate what we have or have not accomplished in our journey, for life is a journey from birth to death. Taking stock will enable us to re align our path if we have veered off somewhere. Most important would be to take each day as if it were our last so that we can appreciate the here and now without taking things for granted. Appreciate our family and friends, show our love each day.

We never know what the day brings and some people never get to see the end of the day.

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