Today is the 10 year anniversary since my mum passed away due to a heart attack at the age of 49. Two weeks prior to that, I had just turned 20 years old and was living in Iceland for the past year when I heard the news. Within two days I was on a flight back home.
Coming back home was hard because this time I knew my mum wouldn’t be there waiting for me.
After studying some of the dharma over the past year, it becomes truth about impermanence when you experience it for yourself. Sometimes we welcome impermanence to put an end to things we don’t like, and other times we hate it for putting an end to the things we love.
Upon realizing what is impermanent, we should take the time to appreciate what we have before it is gone. We need to make time for the people that matter most in our lives, because we never know how much time there will be.
Plan for the future, but appreciate today.
I can’t change the arguments I had with my mum or words I wish I could have or should have said when I had the chance, but I have many memories to keep.
If I could say something to my mum today it would be, “Thank you; and I love you.”
Namaste.