Hypothetical Question

Hypothetic question. Let's say you get a visit and let's say that visitor is you from the grave in the future. Now let's not get all caught up in the whole space time continuum thing or in some religious dogmatic law or verse. So now let's say you have come back to tell yourself when you were going to die. Now I know a great many folks would rather not know such information so this could be a very traumatic message but one you're getting none the less. The reason you have come back to reveal this information is change for better or worse the life you would have led with your death date being unknown. So just like that...Bam! You are officially on a countdown to the end...What do you do? What do you do if say the D-day is exactly 10 years from now or even 5 years for that matter? What do you do? Do you curl up in a ball and wait for the inevitable? Do you become energized? Do you put aside the nonsensical bullshit that consumes your life to pursue whatever passion lay within your heart? What do you do?

So the question you may be asking right now is what would I do?

I would drop everything...liquidate the unnecessary. I would call my place of employment and tell them to take a hike. I would call family and friends....I would tell them I'm about to do some things that will make little sense but in the greater scheme of things is right and only right for me. I would pack up my remaining things...basically what I could fit into my vehicle and then I would journey west. I would enroll in a predetermined university in an archaeology program, probable somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. I would complete my degree and then travel the world via research grants do digs a ancient sites until the day before my day comes. That day I would call my friends and family, one by one and say goodbye.

What would I do on my death day? Well if my time was up late in the evening I would wake just before the sun rises....then I would spend my day in quiet solitude, reflecting on how my life changed the day I found out when I was going to die.

Ok, I've been thinking about this a lot lately and that's why I have written it here. I'm sure I could be more philosophical and heartfelt if I really wanted to but that's not the purpose here. The purpose here is to put it out in front of me the thoughts that keep me awake at night. Does it change anything? Does it help? I don't know.

Alright, I feel better now.