A REMINDER TO SEIZE THE DAY
There’s a strange kind of grief that comes with losing celebrities of yesteryear. When we lose someone who was a fixture of our youth, we’re also mourning a version of ourselves.
Their passing reminds us of how much time has passed and how important it is to cherish the things that remain. Their legacies live on in reruns, old albums and the quiet echoes of nostalgia. Maybe that’s the only way we can keep holding on, even if they never knew us personally.
Perhaps now is also a good time to reflect on how often we procrastinate.
If you want to watch that concert, go. Because you never know when it will be the last time that singer performs live.
If you want to eat that bowl of noodles, go. Because you never know when the hawker decides to hang up his wok.
If you want to catch up with a friend, do it. Open WhatsApp and send that text.
Don’t wait because next time might never come. You may regret it when the inevitable happens.
Annabel Lim is a communications consultant with We Communications Singapore.
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