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Shift Perspective and Live in the Moment
by Michelle Montoro
Living in the moment. Isn’t that what we are supposed to do to enjoy life to the fullest? It is a way of life that I embraced at a very young age. A few months ago, I published an article, There is a Certain Beauty in Death, detailing my experience with witnessing death. A morbid topic, for sure, but an experience that literally changed the way I live my life.
It’s a strange thing really, looking back on the past 27 years, I don’t know how my life would have been different had I not watched one of my peers die in front of me at the very young age of 18 years. Events like that change a person. They force you to think about your own mortality when mortality is such a foreign concept to a juvenile mind.
I suppose I have always taken it for granted that my perspective shifted at such a young age. In that moment, I realized how very short life is and how much of it is not guaranteed. None of us know when our time is up. I don’t think we are meant to know. For if we did know how it would all play out, would the adventure of life really be as exciting as it is?
Walking through grief at that age and questioning your own mortality is never an easy process. I have openly shared about guiding my 8 year old through the grief process as he continues to mourn the loss of his friend. The…
