Wise advice from a brave man.
Soon I Will be Gone Forever, but That’s Okay as Long as Someone Reads This.
I am only 24 years old, yet I have actually already chosen my last tie. It’s the one that I will wear on my funeral (above) a few months from now. It may not match my suit, but I think it’s perfect for the occasion.
The cancer diagnosis came too late to give me at least a tenuous hope for a long life, but I realized that the most important thing about death is to ensure that you leave this world a little better than it was before you existed with your contributions . The way I’ve lived my life so far, my existence or more precisely the loss of it, will not matter because I have lived without doing anything impactful.
Before, there were so many things that occupied my mind. When I learned…
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Fair comment, but maybe he didn’t have any dependents at 24, and hadn’t got around to the harsher realities of life. Many young people are still living at home with their parents at 24 these days. In fact one of my cousins is 62 and has never left home at all. Instead he ended up owning the home when his parents died!
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Am I being cynical? There may be wisdom in these words: “Don’t waste your time on work that you don’t enjoy.” but for many (most?) people that is not an option, but rather a luxury only few can avail of. And it is in conflict with the bit about taking responsibility for yourself, which surely means doing what ever you can towards providing the necessities of life for you and your dependents. That, to me, means working, even if the only work you can find is not enjoyable.
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This is heartbreaking and he has absorbed a lot of wisdom in his short life.
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Yes, I was surprised at how much wisdom is coming from such a young man.
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