I've been going to Mexico each spring for 7 years. Each year there's a switch that happens in my mind about a week before I leave, where I tell myself that I’m probably gonna die.
It’s at a point when the trip is coming up fast and I don’t feel prepared. I’m overwhelmed with work, I'm stressed about all the things to prepare for before going on the trip and not having control over what might happen on the trip.
My head is literally swimming in thought.
It’s at that point that I flip the “I’m probably gonna die” switch.
Call me morbid, but that’s when the calm begins.
Honestly, this is one of the best parts of my whole trip.
It’s at that point when everything becomes crystal clear.
I have a peace about death. I’m forgiven by my Maker and The Bible has given me an assurance as to where I’ll go after death. But I’ve known that for some time now, so that isn’t why I become calm.
You see what calms my spirit is the understanding of what must be done and what doesn’t matter. When your dead, you’re no longer worried about:
- Will the mail get picked up?
- Will I make my flight?
- Will customs stop me? Will I go to airport jail? Is there a jail in the airport?
- Will I be in an endless loop with a cashier trying to understand what she's saying and how to pay for something?
- How will I get all the cleaning at home done before I go?
And so on and on and on...
You see, when you’re dead, none of those things matter anymore!
I love when that switch gets flipped and I can quit worrying about all the little things that really don’t matter in the grand scheme of things.
Obviously, you can’t live your whole life like that, but boy does it feel good to just release the minutiae of this world right before and during a vacation.
I hope you get a chance to embrace the feeling of "release" that death will bring and not worry about some of the small things of this world that fill our thoughts.
Have you ever flipped the
“I’m probably gonna die so ____ doesn't matter”
switch?
If you have, tell me about it in the comments.
I get that feeling - I feel it when something really awful happens to my family. As terrible as it is, it's also freeing to remember how unimportant most of the stuff I generally freak out about really is.
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