The day you realize you’re going to die, everything shifts. You lose things, but they don’t affect you the same way because you understand how small they are in the face of the inevitable. When you’ve lost everything because you’ve stopped caring, you realize you’re finally ready to receive whatever comes. You learn to appreciate the small things, the ones you once overlooked.

Ego, competition, and the obsession with money fade away. The only thing that remains real is time, which has always been the most valuable resource.