Each Day May Contain a Last

Got an email today. Out of the blue. Said I was just paid $100.

Given my background, I was immediately skeptical. So I went down the path, looking for the tell. Usually it's pretty goddamn obvious. This one wasn't. It checked out — passed every test I threw at it. Then I remembered: a couple years back, the hundred bucks for a signature. Finally came through. I'd forgotten all about it.

And that made me think — how many other things in life are we overlooking? What have we forgotten? What else are we missing? Aside from the cliché blanket answer of "life," what is it that actually slips past us?

"On a long enough timeline, everyone's survival rate drops to zero." None of us are making it out of this alive. So slow down. Remember.

It's the little things. The things that change gradually, over time. They get less frequent, or more frequent, and you never clock the day it shifted. Then next thing you know, your kids are looking you eye to eye. And yeah — I can still put them up on my shoulders. They just weigh a lot more than they used to. Or maybe I've gotten older and weaker.

Nah.

Each day may contain a last. Will you remember it by being present? Or will you let it slip by, unnoticed?