Imagine the last few days of your life. Are you thinking about how many comments, likes, followers, and acquaintances you had? Are you thinking about that one boy, twenty years ago, who couldn't bring himself to love you? Or that awkward thing you said in a social situation?
No, you aren't thinking of any of those because “NONE OF IT MATTERS IN THE END!”
The clothes, shoes, the experience you invested in, to fill the void, and bring happiness, none of it matters, not even for a second. That was never true happiness.
See, during the last few days of your life, your mind will be filled with memories of the people who held your hand, who hugged you and gave you kisses. It will be brimming with visions of the friends who laughed at all your awkward moments. Your eyes will play it all back like a movie, and you will see your father, your mother, your good relations and your dreams, adventures, and every damn moment that took your breath away.
Focus on that…
Take a moment for someone who you know truly loves you and you have been taking for granted. Call your grandmother just coz you know she misses you, and visit your mother and surprise her with flowers or hugs or an ‘I Love You’ because you know you should let her know that more often.
Go to your grandfather and ask him all about his war stories, it doesn't matter if you have heard them before, just listen. Spend time with your dad doing something he loves. Like playing golf or fixing a car - just because you want him to know that you love him.
Hang out with your sibling's act weird and goofy. Find out wonderful things about the people you have known all your life, and look at them in a whole new way once you have learned them.
Life is too short to think and worry about the people and world to whom you are just a drop in the ocean. Set your priorities straight, know the people whom you matter to, and who matter to you. Invest your time, energy, and efforts in the constants of your life and not the ones who are merely passerby.
And last but not least, spend some time with yourself. You need as much ‘me time’ as much as you need to spend with the constants of your life. Because there is no one who can be as constant, as you can be for yourself.