Tag: death-and-dying, effort, harlot-s-sauce, life-struggles, self-determination, the-diva-doctrine

It’s only young people who make giant, life-altering decisions based on what other people might think, and it’s because they don’t see their own death looming. Their fear is, “Will my family, friends and lovers admire me?” whereas an older person’s fear is that vision of themselves lying in a hospital bed, a breathing tube up their nose and the thought running through their heads, “Why didn’t I at least try to do what I wanted to do, while I had the chance?