My Last 30 Seconds of Life
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My Last 30 Seconds of Life

In your last 30 seconds, what will matter?

Peyton Lemerand
Nov 28, 2017
UNC Charlotte
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My Last 30 Seconds of Life
Katelyn Anne

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways. -Stephen Vincent Bené

When I die, the last 30 seconds I will see a flashback of my life. A whole lifetime put into a few small glimmering moments of my existence. My proudest moments, my last kiss, my last conversation, my family, the people I love. We create a lifetime but only get a short flashback. Everything that matters will be squeezed in to our last moment. In your last moments, what is really going to matter?

When I take my last breathe, I don't want to feel incomplete with my life. I want to know I took every opportunity I could to live my best life. Every mistake I have made I have grown from. I want to know what the rush of adrenaline feels like. I want to know what it feels like to sneak out late at night with the fear of being caught. In my weakest moment I want to recall what it feels like to be invincible. The mark we will leave on the world will not be our darkest moments or our little mistakes, it will be whatever we do to overcome it. We live in a world where people are constantly on their phones, worried about the small things. It seems everyone can get caught up in moments, just not the right moments. If it is not of permanence in your life, don't stress it.

What do you see in your last 30 seconds? It is not going to be all the stress going on at work, it is not going to be drama with the family. These small things won't matter in the end, so don't spend your time inhaling all the negativity. If I only have 30 seconds, I am not going to put my time and energy into being upset because I got the wrong coffee this morning. I am not going to get upset because I could have done better on my test, because now I know I can do better and I will do better. Just because you have a bad day does not mean you have a bad life. We get handed things in life and we learn from them, it is how we react that counts. So take the time to make things right, do the things you want to do. Don't just live life trying to get to the next day. Just remember, if it is not going to effect your last 30 seconds do not give it more than 30 seconds.

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