Every Breathe We Take #66

At 102, which I thought I would never see, I lay in my bed surrounded by the dearest people to me. We talked as I struggled for every breathe I took. They all looked so scared. I was afraid I was going to leave them and they would not remember the significance of my long life on this earth. So I left them with something that would mean the most. It wasn't something I made up. Actually, it was a quote from my favorite movie, "Where the Heart Is". Something I lived by every day. "Our live changes with every breathe we take." I said to them.
"We have to let go of the bad times and live for the good or it will consume us like a fast spreading wild fire. Nothing in life is ever a for sure thing. We lose those we love, we fall down, and we go through hard times that some will never experience. This doesn't keep us from moving on with our lives and pushing for the excellence we strive for daily. Don't fall off the horse and stay there. Stand back up, wipe the mudd from you pants and climb back on. It's not easy being human. Why? Because we feel, we have emotion, we make mistakes putting us in positions that we pray to get out of as fast as we get in them. However, if you stick together as a family and pull those who fall back up, nothing and I mean nothing will stand in your way. It's better to take on the world as a whole then by yourself."
As I gasped for my last breathes, I hugged everyone and wished them the best of luck on the long journey they were taking. Finally, when the last person left the room. I looked up to Heaven, and said,
"I am ready to go home."
With that I closed my eyes and breathed in deep. I died October 19th, 2088 at 3:00 p.m.