Rain

The rain starts with
a drizzle.
And it drizzles,
and drizzles,
and drizzles.
A thunder crack here,
A thunder crack there.
And then the sky splits
and the rain comes pouring
down, down, down.

Tears are the same.
They start with
a drop.
Another drop here,
Another drop there.
And then your mind breaks
and the tears come pouring
down, down, down.

Raining, crying--
they're basically the
same.
During the storm,
during the tears,
it's ugly.

But after the storm
and after the crying,
you realize that
that the rain has made
the Earth stronger, and
you realize that the
tears have made
you stronger.

Rain and tears cleanse us of
all the ugly things
on Earth, and leave
us with beauty, like
flowers and rainbows
and smiles.

And that's why storms are
good.
That's why crying is
good.

Last Days

What would you do if you were told you only had a few months to live?

What would you do when you realized that you are going to die and it's going to be soon?

What would you do if, when you were told that you're going to die soon, you were only 17?

I mean, that only happens in John Green novels, right?

Wrong.

Enter Zach Sobiech. When Zach was 14, he was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer called osteosarcoma. After a couple of surgeries and chemotherapy treatments, Zach, at the age of 17, was told that he only had a few months to live.

Imagine what that would be like. Imagine how it would feel to know that you're going to die soon. I mean, everyone dies. But Zach knew for sure that he wasn't going to have a future. He knew that he probably wasn't going to graduate high school and he knew for a fact that he wasn't going to go to college.

So naturally, he became depressed and sullen and scared, wondering when it was going to happen, right?

Wrong.

Zach decided to live his last days to the fullest. So what did he do? He turned to music- he turned to the only way he knew how to express his feelings about eventually leaving this earth and the only way he could get closure. This is his song.

Each one of his last days on Earth, Zach lived his life with utter happiness and utter bliss creating his music. His family grew closer. He had so much love. He was living the way he wanted.

Zach died yesterday on May 20th, just like the doctors said he would. But he was okay with it, he had closure. He had had everything he wanted in life. But he left an impact on us all.

We can't just keep sitting there with no purpose, with no drive. Zach has taught us that we have to live our lives now, because we never know when it's going to be too late. He has taught us that we need to show the people we love that we love them. He has taught us that "a day without laughter is a day wasted". He has taught us not to hesitate with happiness.

These are the last days of our lives. It's not morbid-- we all have a start and we all have an end. After we have our first day on Earth, the rest of our lives are filled with our last days. So make your last days full of life, full of vitality, full of laughter. That's the legacy that Zach left us.

We need to make sure that life doesn't get the best of us, and instead make sure to get the best out of life. It's what Zach would've wanted.





Please take the time to watch this. You won't regret it.
Zach's story.