Things that remind you that you will die one day. WARNING! No pretty flowers ahead!

[Primalex]

This is the thread for all those things that remind you that one day, no matter what you will do, you will die. Even if you believe in reincarnation, everything you consider to be yourself, your personality, your experiences, your thoughts, everything will be gone. The day will come. The day of the driving license test was far away, but then it was there. The day of the first job interview was far away, but then it was there (maybe even before the driving license..). The day of whatever it was, where you thought it's plenty of time, it'll take still years, but then it was there. The day you will die, it will be there.

Feel free to post here those things that keep reminding you.

This is my reminder of the day:
http://ukpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hiXkIGOurKkbrgfW6JFZv5A-RDkQ

 

[catalina_francisco]

Lots...most of all worrying about my son and if he will be alright, and how. Is an everyday concern I try and make preparations for.

Catalina

 

[Essene]

My concerns used to be more about whether or not I'd make my mark on the world, and accomplish all the things I set out to do. Now it's more about making sure that my offspring will be safe, and healthy.

Nothing reminds you more of your own mortality than a death amongst family or friends...

 

[Netzach]

New Years' eve 1979. I remember drooping in my uncle's lap (who's dead now) worn out on sugar and realizing "there's never going to be another 1979 again!"

I think that was my first Samuel Beckett moment, and probably the best.

 

[EmpressFi]

I used to not think about it... really I didnt.. Then one day I just realized ... some day, this world will go on without me, but I wont be here.. wont be part of this.. and .. well i cant think about it anymore...

 

[madetotakeit]

Being tested for leukemia at 14 and not finding out the results were negative for four days.

My father walking through the front door after my grandfather's heart attack and saying, "He's gone, baby."

My cousin drowning and even though his body is still here, he is not.

Another cousin taking a romantic walk with her new husband only to have an ice laden branch paralyze her from the waist down.

Waking up more than a day after out patient knee surgery to find out I had been in ICU because my heart stopped due to anesthesia.