The None Rapture

"Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin." Grace Hansen

So this weekend saw what was supposedly the Rapture. Even before it's approach for most people including myself) it was just words, there was never a belief that the world would end on May 21st however it is yet another event that cements society's obsession with the so-called end of the world, although this date has passed and things will return to normal more momentum will be built up in 2012 when the Mayan calendar is said to end.

To me however, it is not important when the world may or may not end. In fact I find the obsession all a bit depressing, would we really want to know that we were all facing impending doom? Hardly. But not everything to come out of this weekend can be seen as a waste of time, it is at least thought provoking. Depressing as it may be for some people May 21st will have been the end of their time of earth, the end of their world because there comes a time when we all will face death. We all like to hope that it will be when we are very old, when we have achieved lots and peacefully and this may be the case. I like to think that I have a long time to go aged just 23 but the reality is that I could cross the road tomorrow and be hit by a car and I have to ask myself "Have I really lived anyway?"

I think about how I spent my day yesterday and although I enjoyed a lovely family meal I have to ask, if I knew yesterday was my last day on earth did I spend it accordingly? For some parts yes, I was with the people I care most about but was that restaurant the place I would have chosen to eat my last meal if I knew it was my last? Probably not. And so it is because of this, not the fear of the rapture but the idea that life is not forever that I have decided to create a bucket list, to highlight to myself that I am in fact living and not just spectating, so that if my tomorrow doesn't come at least I know I enjoyed today.

Chumples x