A Reminder You Don’t Want to Hear
Published on 11/16/2025
You die every second.
It sounds illogical — because if you’re reading these lines, you’re alive. You can breathe, your heart is beating. But every second that passes is a second you will never live again. Every moment brings you closer to death.
It’s hard to think this way, but it’s also powerful.
It helps you become more conscious of the present — and that awareness is a gift.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.
Here’s the calendar I use to track my life and see how much time is left.
Try it yourself.