Anicca

I designed this T-shirt to remind myself and anyone who wears it, that we’ll all be gone soon. So you might as well do what you truly want to. I was always the shy kid, the one who never made the big decisions when it mattered. I was scared of failure, judgment, and embarrassment.

Worse, I never admitted it, I justified it. Deep down, I was miserable because I knew I wasn’t being true to myself. I remember the times I didn’t stand up for myself, the moments I stayed quiet when I should’ve spoken. Looking back, it all started because I was afraid to express what I wanted. Until one day, I realized something, our time is limited. Everyone we know, the people we fear judgment from, none of us will be here in a few decades. We’ll all be forgotten. That thought liberated me.

Because everything,
the fear, the shame, the guilt, they all disappear when we are remind ourselves with the limited time we have.

It’s such a powerful tool that now I use it every time I hesitate to make the hard decisions, to take the leap. I don’t want to waste another day being shy or scared, because tomorrow might be my last day.