Meth: a Ticking Timebomb Gone Viral

The World Will Be Fine

An edited blog post from September 2021. A lot has changed in the last two years and a lot has remained the same. It's good for me to go over some of these old posts and reflect. Some of them, in my opinion, are worthy of being reposted...and this is one of them.

Time is what everyone would like to have more of, and would have to be one of the most undervalued commodities we humans possess. I imagine this might be prudent for a person here on WDC who wishes they had more time to enter that competition, write the next chapter of the novel that's been in the works for umpteen years or reply to all those emails...time stolen by having to work, sit in traffic and sleep.

It's very easy to get caught up in the day-to-day drudgery of life; to even get a little tired of it all. And possibly even begin to feel sorry for ourselves in moments of frustration when a well-planned day goes to hell.

However, there are/will be times when our perspectives/priorities change, and bring us back down to a place where we can see things much more clearly...a before and after vantage point of the weeks, months and years. Times when we forgot about or chose to ignore the things that matter.

Going from one catastrophe to another, with the belief, be that a false belief, that without us, the wheels will fall off...that the world couldn't possibly get by without us and our efforts.

But, life rarely goes to plan, and these moments can be some of the greatest challenges we must face. Things we can never foresee...test results we thought were routine, or a siren in the distance that is attending someone else's tragedy, as it has always been in the past.

Priorities can and do change in an instant, yet few of us ever consider this as we go about our lives without much thought for the important things. Far too busy to consider that one day, the world will have to get by without us. To contemplate the fact that it won't skip a beat if circumstances stop us in our tracks, and life shows us whose priorities count.

Regrets will come too late for some, in those moments of realization. If we are lucky, or unlucky enough (whichever the case may be), to look back and wish we had seen things more clearly and had done things a different way.

Don't be one of those people who realise too late. You don't have to save the world because the world will get by just fine without you.

Nobody likes being told how to live their lives because we know what we are doing. But, if that siren is coming for me, will I think the same way then? And if those test results change everything...will I look back and wish I had done things differently? I hope not...and these questions are the reason I want to stop using drugs, which is so self-indulgent and do something that will have a positive effect on others, and in doing so, will also be positive for me.

Life can be rich and rewarding, there is so much out there waiting to be discovered, but life can also deal you cards you never thought you would have to play.

It's not too late...to prioritise what's important to you. Life is not about everyone else, it's about living to your full potential, and understanding that one day soon, the world will have to get by without you.