It's a choice

Yesterday I received a message and an email, from two different sources......both provoked by the death of a close one. 

Both started with how death makes us realize the fact that our lives can be way shorter than we expect them to be.....and then the message went two entirely different paths.

One spoke of how death should awaken us to appreciate what we have, to not nit pick and look at issues, to not look for what we don't have,  to be happy with what we have.........and so on

The other spoke of how it's about realizing that we live only once, and how we need to make it 'right', to find yourself now, you don't have forever, do those hard things, make those changes you've been wanting to.... don't settle for less.

They are so contrasting, that it all over again brought out how 'thoughts and quotes' are but contextual. 

My take:

If I'm living in a compromised space, no death of a close one can flip that around.....sure it can make me appreciate some part of it, for some period of time.....but you can't alter that into a fulfilled space. 

If somethings bothering you, look at it. You absolutely need to do those hard things to be fulfilled in the long run and from deep within, because it's those hard things that grow you and change your life. 

They make the difference between existing and living.... between knowing the path and walking it......between a default life and one filled with possibilities and optimism.

It's a choice.....