Before It’s Too Late…

Imagine the few moments before your death. The few moments when your whole life will flash before your eyes. Is it worth watching?

Odds are that you’ll feel regret. All the “what ifs” that can no longer be acted upon, all your broken dreams and hopes and ideas. All the happiness that you could’ve created. All the help you could’ve given others.

The stories you could’ve written, the people you were too proud or too scared to love, all the moments when you kept quiet or walked away.

Every single thing you ever gave up on.

That’s what’s going to flash before your eyes.

Because you kept that fire inside you…

You kept your light to yourself…

You let other people talk you out of your dreams. You let their own fear infect your soul.

You let the world make you bitter…

And on your deathbed, you realize. You finally get it…

That you wasted so much time wishing you were someone else, so much time waiting for things to be handed to you on a silver platter. All this precious time, trying to run away from your problems, begging this cruel world to just leave you alone.

To all this, I have these words to say: the life you want has to be conquered. The future you think you deserve has to be won.

One battle at a time.

One day at a time.

It’s easy to sit in bed and dream about the perfect life, but there will come a time, usually when it’s too late, when dreaming won’t be enough anymore.

Act now, before it’s too late.

13 thoughts on “Before It’s Too Late…”

Inspiring post, acting and working for your goal is the key, daydreaming may be beautiful and easy, but it won’t lead anywhere. Thank you for sharing!

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Cristian Mihai says:

on February 26, 2020 at 9:18 pm

Thank you, Valentina.

Nothing works unless you do! It’s as simple as that.

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OMG – never truer words were written. A big kick in the ass to get moving. Thank you.

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This is amazing. Having a mom with brain cancer, I am realizing every day how true all of this is. I hope she lives long enough to do more of what she wishes she would have already done. Awesome post.

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This is fantastic! If I may interject a different perspective. I died for :33 seconds. It wasn’t what people think. Though I’m certain everyone experiences death, or near death, differently. I knew I was dying. I heard the doctors say so while I was in a coma. It’s a strange thing at that moment. The reality settles very quickly when you are unable to control your circumstances. When it happened, all I felt was peace. No white lights, no flashes of my life. Just silence and peace. Then I woke up. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about what you’ve said here. I was given a second chance. Not many do. You HAVE to take life by the balls (for lack of a better term). Figure out what you’re passionate about, what kind of impact you want, or don’t want, to make. Live each day with a purpose. 🥰

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