'So, one day more am I defied.
Who knows but the world may end tonight.'
-Robert Browning.
Who knows but the world may end tonight. Close your eyes and repeat this sentence in your mind and then give it a thought. What if the world really ends tonight? Well its highly possible because you never know. IF this world really ends tonight, then have you made the right choices,the right decisions?
I leave you with this question and give you the rest of your life to ponder over this sentence while I also try to tell you some appropriate things. Now most of ya'll might be thinking that if this world really ends tonight, then you should've done something remarkable to leave a mark on this world or rather leave a mark on those loved ones who tonight take their last breath. But, you even have to make sure that you leave behind some beautiful marks and not scars. When you, or , rather when 'we' end tonight, you're going to look back once instead of looking forward to make sure that for once what you did matters.
For the young ones reading this, let me tell you something. I'm sure you're making plans for the future. Sometimes when you're young , you think nothing can hurt you. Its like being,you know, kind of invincible. Your whole life is ahead of you and you have plans. Big plans. To find your perfect match, the one who completes you. But as you get older, you realise that the plans you made, were simply plans because at the end of the day, when you're looking back instead of looking forward, you want to believe that you made the most of what life gave you. You want to believe that you're leaving something good behind. You want all of it to matter. But, as time passes, you begin to realise that it's not that easy. Yes you made plans, but they're never going to be as easy as you want or expect them to be. And hence, let me quote John Green - 'Oblivion is Inevitable.'
What matters is today, what matters is right now. Make your choices wisely because at the end of the day, you are what your choices make you. And if you nail today, you won't screw up tomorrow. The most important part of life is not to give yourself the bullshit reason that you keep giving for not succeeding. Because we all want to be loved, we all want to be happy. So why aren't we? Because we've become evil experts at sabotaging our own happiness, feeling like victims when in fact its the choices that we make, the vices, the bad habits, the wrong mentality, the INABILITY to show LOVE and COMPASSION. These are the things that rip us apart. We are NOT victims. We are ASSASSINS when it comes to love and happiness.
Don't worry about tomorrow and still worry about tomorrow. Make your 'right now' appropriate and beautiful, make your present right to ensure the perfection of tomorrow. Make this happen and don't care if this world, as we know it, ends tonight because you're lucky to have this moment, to be able to breathe and take it all in . Make it count as it lasts because some messed up today and have no tomorrow. You're lucky to have today. Live it for yourself and also for the fallen. And tonight? Phrr. Don't be afraid. Because remember that in the dark of the night shine brightest of the stars.
'To honor the fallen,
We must live our lives well.'
- Lucas Scott.
P.S. I hope you enjoy the night.
