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The Questions Was Posed: One reason why you don't fear death.

 

The Questions Was Posed: One reason why you don't fear death.
I don’t fear death because I’ve already met it. Repeatedly.
Thirty years as a first responder will cure you of romantic ideas real fast. I’ve seen trauma that doesn’t make the news. Illness that doesn’t give speeches. Self-inflicted endings that don’t come with explanations. Young. Old. Careful. Reckless. Good people. Bad luck.
Same outcome.
In the end, nobody escapes.
When God punches your clock, that’s it.
There is no bargaining.
No appeals process.
No “just five more minutes.”
I’ve watched people who thought they had time run out of it in a heartbeat. I’ve watched others who feared death cling to life right up until it slipped through their fingers anyway. Fear didn’t buy them a second.
So no, I don’t fear death. I respect it.
Fear assumes control. Experience has taught me otherwise.
That’s why I live now. Not recklessly. Not stupidly. Just honestly. Because the next call could be the last one you ever get. The next breath might be the one that doesn’t come back.
Live while the clock is still ticking.
Because when it stops, the conversation is .... over.

By Brian Wilson

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