It is now official. I just got home from the doctor and he said I am good for 3 months, maybe a little longer.

All right. I’m trying to be funny again and not being very good at it. However, it does have a point. When I was in my pre-teen years, I had the mistaken attitude that I would live to a thousand, or at least 900. During my teen years, I started getting realistic. Now my 77th birthday is right around the corner. I really have a hard time getting over it. It seems just yesterday I was getting off the bus at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at San Diego. They shaved my head as much as the could with regular clippers.

First time I had a chance to look in a mirror, I wished I hadn’t. Thing is, the sun never hit the top of my head and my scalp looked ghost white. Matter of fact, a person can tell how long a recruit has been there by how white their head is, if nothing else. It’s a real shock to a person’s psyche.

At fifty, I had my first heart attack. That is another thing that will change a person’s outlook on life. Things are different now. instead of expecting to live to 100, I am suspicious I won’t make it through the week. I never expected to make it to 70; yet here I am. No one is more surprised than me.

The fact is, none of us is promised another day. It does make me wonder. I know where I am going. I just don’t know what I leave behind when I take my last breath. I am for sure concerned about my wife. It’s my job to spoil her and I wouldn’t be able to do that anymore.

I won’t leave in debt. At least I can say that much. What I owe is less than what I have.

I would like to say I will get everything straitened our before the Lord takes me. However, if I live 4 times the three months I joked about above, it won’t be enough time. So here I am, so stupid that I haven’t straitened things out although I have had more than enough time.

As before, I have said many times, I am a procrastinator. Do you suppose I will be able to keep procrastinating my time of death? I suppose we all do that to some degree. We go to the gym and drink the healthy smoothies. Maybe that will prolong our lives, maybe not. We just have no way of knowing.

Many of us meet death by surprise. Some have accidents. Some meet death by violence. Oddly, some actually die trying to be careful. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of our youth were lost to the so-called vaccine.

The thing is, if a person knew they were going to die tomorrow a person might be quick to seek salvation. It is the logical thing to do. On the other hand, there are those who would party hardy. In some cases in spite of knowing their fate. In some cases, not believing their fate.

Regardless, like it or not, we will all have to face it. As they say, nothing is for sure but death and taxes. The truth, some folks can avoid the taxes by living off the land. Not one of us is going to avoid death. Best to face it and prepare for it. That procrastination thing is only going to work so long.