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I was talking to my dad the other day in a time when I was feeling really low and looking for some answers to this life I'm living in. This is what he had to say.
He said, I know it's kinda weird to think about your mortality at times, but there are ways to do it in a healthier way, rather than always just thinking suicidal thoughts. He told me to think about what my tombstone might look like when I die.
Terry Sparrow, August 6, 1983 - Whatever date
He said when you dwell on that very fact, people don't really reflect on the dates at all. It's not the two dates that matter at all, it's what's in between the dates that really matters.
The dash.
It's up to me to make something out of that dash, rather than moping around feeling sorry for myself and not doing anything with my life. Try to make a difference, or at least be happy later on in life, in that I made something out of my life.
He said, I know it's kinda weird to think about your mortality at times, but there are ways to do it in a healthier way, rather than always just thinking suicidal thoughts. He told me to think about what my tombstone might look like when I die.
Terry Sparrow, August 6, 1983 - Whatever date
He said when you dwell on that very fact, people don't really reflect on the dates at all. It's not the two dates that matter at all, it's what's in between the dates that really matters.
The dash.
It's up to me to make something out of that dash, rather than moping around feeling sorry for myself and not doing anything with my life. Try to make a difference, or at least be happy later on in life, in that I made something out of my life.
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good advice
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