6. Waiting for a Special Occasion

Saving money.
A bottle of wine.
Saving a favorite shirt for a “special” occassion.

Future special is dangerous.
Only now can you use that thing.
Only now can you drink that special bottle of wine.
Now is doable and thus always special.

I heard that life was a marathon.
But that you don’t get to cross the finish line.

You’ll die somewhere before arriving.
And yet, we believe that the finish line is special.
But it’s non-existent.

The line is not real if you can’t reach it.
If that’s true, then now is the only special.

Use it now.
Buy it now.
Risk it now.
Before you can’t use it at all.

I’m not saying be reckless.
I’m saying don’t wait.
Share the special bottle with loved ones.
Laugh.

Run the marathon until it’s time to disappear.
Hopefully when you disappear,
you’ll have used it…

You’ll have drunk it.
You’ll have bought it.
Enjoyed it.

Now is never the finish line.
Now is the only special.