Rebuilding Rob

It’s truly ironic, that I get this prompt on today’s date, which happens to be the ninth anniversary of my father‘s death. Death, having children and growing old absolutely influence my perspective in life.

As I mentioned earlier, today is the 9 year anniversary of the death of my father, which I wrote about here. Death, probably more than any other life event probably does more to influence my perspective on life. It is, as they say “the great equalizer“.

Another, more recent example of this would be the death of Carl Weathers this past Friday. Weathers, having played Apollo Creed in the various Rocky movies, became something of a Hollywood fixture over the last few decades. Most recently, he’s probably best known for his work as Greef Carga in the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian. No matter how old or how sick someone is, their death always reminds me of my own mortality. No matter how healthy or how wealthy, death is ultimately going to get all of us. Putting so much thought into the death of a celebrity may sound goofy, but we like it, or not, we all naturally act as if we “know” a celebrity when they pass. It’s not unusual for us to be affected by the death of a famous person; especially one who has, however indirectly, become a part of our lives.

A few days ago, I wrote a post about my greatest fears called “The Color Yellow”. One of the things I mentioned was growing old. Age likewise profoundly affects my perspective on life. Our perception of life changes as we grow older and , hopefully, acquire wisdom from our experiences.

For me, one other life event that has altered my perspective on life: having children. From the time that Kid 1 was born, I have said that having children has changed the way that I perceive the entire universe. Becoming and being a dad has quite simply changed the way I look at everything. Then, having Kid 2 nearly decade later, forced me to reassess my perception of things only this time a few more years of wisdom and experience, and underneath my belt, Once one becomes a parent, they no longer look at things only wondering How will this affect me? They take into account how things will affect their children as well. At least, that’s what any parents who are worth a crap do.

I mean, technically, I suppose every event we experience – no matter how significant – and every passing second of every day influences our perspective on life: but you get the idea. Death, having children and every day general life experiences are all things that influence my perspective on life.

How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life?

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The article “Perspicacity” originally appeared on Rebuilding Rob.