I like to watch things during my workouts. I don’t really listen to music all that much now that I’m older. I like the distraction. It keeps my mind off the workout and the excuses that I could have. It also makes me feel like I’m multitasking, a much needed win in the morning.
I’ve been really addicted to conspiracy and commentary videos lately and as a way to prevent binging my favorites on Youtube, I turned to my HBO Max app this morning.
Normally, I’m far removed from the romantic comedy scene. It’s just not my usual choice. I’ve been consuming a lot of suspense thrillers and true crime podcasts lately. Something drew me to the All My Life movie though. So I decided to change it up. Because why not. I had a hectic morning with the kids, and I figured that this romantic comedy would ease my mind a little bit.
Something I’ve always liked is when movies are based on real events. Granted, this usually goes for scary movies, but you know I’ll take it.
This movie just broke my heart though.
At the same time, it was a great reminder to live each day with gratitude.
Okay, *Spoiler Alert*
It starts just like any romance movie does. Boy meets girl. Something magnetic happens.
They fall in love.
But they found out that he has cancer and may not live past the wedding.
But she stays with him because true love still exists, despite the craziness happening in the world.
I bawled my eyes out. I wasn’t on the treadmill anymore, because safety first people.
What really hit home to me is how young Solomon Chau was when he passed. He was only 26 when he passed, only 128 days after his wedding to Jennifer Carter.
T W E N T Y S I X.
I just kept thinking about how much life I had yet to live when I was twenty six. I haven’t even been pregnant yet. I didn’t even own my house yet. In fact, I don’t even remember being twenty six.
It just breaks my heart.
And it makes me think about all the people who have lived their whole lives without actually living it.
Without taking risks.
Without doing what they love.
Without putting themselves out there.
It is just such a good reminder that tomorrow isn’t promised. That we need to pursue what we love now, instead of waiting for the right time, because unfortunately, the right time might not even come. I have to admit that I have been scared to take risks lately. I’ve just been stuck in this perpetual limbo ever since I retired from the military. The Navy is all I’ve known.
I think that it is important to take chances on ourselves, just like Solomon Chau did.
Life was never meant to be fair, but we are given a new opportunity ever single day to live the best life we can. It is our choice to make the best of each day, or just wallow in our own unhappiness forever.
Some days I treat life as a burden instead of thanking God for a new day.
Some days I think about how my grandmother lived on this Earth for 100 years, and I know literally nothing about her, which really does make me sad.
Please just remember that every single day is a gift, not a given. Prioritize doing what you love and the people that you love.
If you think of today as your last day on Earth, would you be happy with how you spent it?
