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This Moment Is All We Got - Friday!

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What’s good, everyone? Hope you’re having a dope day. It’s a bit cloudy here, and this isn’t my usual upbeat video. I heard about a murder the other day in Brampton, and it hit close to home because it affected a lot of mutuals and people we know, family and stuff. When things get this close, you start thinking about them differently.

I won’t get too detailed about the specifics, but a 20-year-old was killed, and the parents were apparently beaten up pretty bad. It sounds like a robbery gone wrong or something. It gets you thinking about raising kids. You change their diapers, get them through infancy and the toddler years, help them with homework for hours every night, spend weekends taking them to play places—just trying to raise them to be fully functioning adults. And then, bam, some jerk ruins it all.

It’s such a twisted knot this world is sometimes. I keep thinking about death, and I’ve talked about this before. Not in a cold, dark, fearful way, but as a constant reminder that it’s coming for us. It’s going to happen. I’m going to pass away, my kids are going to pass away, their kids are going to pass away if they have kids. It’s inevitable; that’s the journey we’re on.

But it’s also heartbreaking when you consider all the effort and time you put into raising them, doing everything right to bring them up, and as soon as they’re ready to go into the world and be themselves, bam, that’s it. That’s all you had. And it’s not just murder; murders happen. It could be a car accident, an illness—there are a million and one ways things could be cut short.

Yeah, it’s sad, obviously. But that’s what my brain’s been fixating on a bit today: the time we have here is short. The time we have with our family is short. You’ve got to appreciate it, make the most of it, and keep in mind that at any moment, bam, the world goes black.

It’s messed up, but at the same time, life is beautiful. Don’t get lost in the beauty of life, even though there are dark moments that surround it. I don’t have anything to uplift you or pick you up. You’ve just got to be aware of this kind of stuff. Embrace every moment, appreciate every breath. This moment, this second—this is all you really have. The future isn’t guaranteed; the past is gone and fleeting.

Just hope that if you live a healthy, old existence, you do it with family and friends. I was listening to something else where they said one of the biggest problems with growing old is that you end up outliving your friends. So, growing old ain’t all that easy either.

Anyway, on that note, have a great Friday, man. Take it easy. Peace.

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updated_at 31-07-2025
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