Thread by @Ventures2019

The letter this 27-year-old woman wrote before she died will move you to tears.

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"It’s a strange thing to realise and accept your mortality at 26 years young. It’s just one of those things you ignore. The days tick by and you just expect they will keep on coming; Until the unexpected happens.”

“I always imagined myself growing old, wrinkled and grey- most likely caused by the beautiful family (lots of kiddies) I planned on building with the love of my life. I want that so bad it hurts.

“That’s the thing about life; It is fragile, precious and unpredictable and each day is a gift, not a given right.

I’m 27 now. I don’t want to go. I love my life. I am happy.. I owe that to my loved ones. But the control is out of my hands.

“I haven’t started this ‘note before I die’ so that death is feared - I like the fact that we are mostly ignorant to it’s inevitability.. Except when I want to talk about it and it is treated like a ‘taboo’ topic that will never happen to any of us.. That’s been a bit tough.

“I just want people to stop worrying so much about the small, meaningless stresses in life and try to remember that we all have the same fate after it all so do what you can to make your time feel worthy and great, minus the bullshit.

“I have dropped lots of my thoughts below as I have had a lot of time to ponder life these last few months. Of course it’s the middle of the night when these random things pop in my head most!

“Those times you are whinging about ridiculous things (something I have noticed so much these past few months), just think about someone who is really facing a problem.

“Be grateful for your minor issue and get over it. It’s okay to acknowledge that something is annoying but try not to carry on about it and negatively effect other people’s days.

“Once you do that, get out there and take a freaking big breath of that fresh Aussie air deep in your lungs, look at how blue the sky is and how green the trees are; It is so beautiful. Think how lucky you are to be able to do just that - breathe.

“You might have got caught in bad traffic today, or had a bad sleep because your beautiful babies kept you awake, or your hairdresser cut your hair too short. Your new fake nails might have got a chip, your boobs are too small, or you have cellulite on your arse and your belly

“Let all that shit go.. I swear you will not be thinking of those things when it is your turn to go. It is all SO insignificant when you look at life as a whole. I’m watching my body waste away right before my eyes with nothing

“I can do about it and all I wish for now is that I could have just one more Birthday or Christmas with my family, or just one more day with my partner and dog. Just one more.

“I hear people complaining about how terrible work is or about how hard it is to exercise - Be grateful you are physically able to. Work and exercise may seem like such trivial things ... until your body doesn’t allow you to do either of them.

“I tried to live a healthy life, in fact, that was probably my major passion. Appreciate your good health and functioning body- even if it isn’t your ideal size. Look after it and embrace how amazing it is. Move it and nourish it with fresh food. Don’t obsess over it.

“Remember there are more aspects to good health than the physical body.. work just as hard on finding your mental, emotional and spiritual happiness too.

“That way you might realise just how insignificant and unimportant having this stupidly portrayed perfect social media body really is..

“While on this topic, delete any account that pops up on your news feeds that gives you any sense of feeling shit about yourself. Friend or not.. Be ruthless for your own well-being.

“Be grateful for each day you don’t have pain and even the days where you are unwell with man flu, a sore back or a sprained ankle, accept it is shit but be thankful it isn’t life threatening and will go away.

“Whinge less, people! .. And help each other more.

“Give, give, give. It is true that you gain more happiness doing things for others than doing them for yourself. I wish I did this more. Since I have been sick, I have met the most incredibly giving and kind people and been the receiver of the most thoughtful and loving words

“and support from my family, friends and strangers; More than I could I ever give in return. I will never forget this and will be forever grateful to all of these people.

“It is a weird thing having money to spend at the end.. when you’re dying. It’s not a time you go out and buy material things that you usually would, like a new dress.

“It makes you think how silly it is that we think it is worth spending so much money on new clothes and ‘things’ in our lives.

“Buy your friend something kind instead of another dress, beauty product or jewellery for that next wedding. 1. No-one cares if you wear the same thing twice

“2. It feels good. Take them out for a meal, or better yet, cook them a meal. Shout their coffee. Give/ buy them a plant, a massage or a candle and tell them you love them when you give it to them.

“Value other people’s time. Don’t keep them waiting because you are shit at being on time. Get ready earlier if you are one of those people and appreciate that your friends want to share their time with you, not sit by themselves, waiting on a mate. You will gain respect too!

“This year, our family agreed to do no presents and despite the tree looking rather sad and empty (I nearly cracked Christmas Eve!), it was so nice because people didn’t have the pressure of shopping and the effort went into writing a nice card for each other.

“Plus imagine my family trying to buy me a present knowing they would probably end up with it themselves.. strange! It might seem lame but those cards mean more to me than any impulse purchase could.

“Mind you, it was also easier to do in our house because we had no little kiddies there. Anyway, moral of the story- presents are not needed for a meaningful Christmas. Moving on.

“Use your money on experiences.. Or at least don’t miss out on experiences because you spent all your money on material shit.

“Put in the effort to do that day trip to the beach you keep putting off. Dip your feet in the water and dig your toes in the sand. Wet your face with salt water.

Get amongst nature.

“Try just enjoying and being in moments rather than capturing them through the screen of your phone. Life isn’t meant to be lived through a screen nor is it about getting the perfect photo.. enjoy the bloody moment, people! Stop trying to capture it for everyone else.

“Random rhetorical question. Are those several hours you spend doing your hair and make up each day or to go out for one night really worth it? I’ve never understood this about females 🤔.

“Get up early sometimes and listen to the birds while you watch the beautiful colours the sun makes as it rises.

“Listen to music.. really listen. Music is therapy. Old is best.

“Cuddle your dog. Far out, I will miss that.

“Talk to your friends. Put down your phone. Are they doing okay?

Travel if it’s your desire, don’t if it’s not.

Work to live, don’t live to work.

“Seriously, do what makes your heart feel happy.

Eat the cake. Zero guilt.

Say no to things you really don’t want to do.

“Don’t feel pressured to do what other people might think is a fulfilling life.. you might want a mediocre life and that is so okay.

Tell your loved ones you love them every time you get the chance and love them with everything you have.

“Also, remember if something is making you miserable, you do have the power to change it - in work or love or whatever it may be. Have the guts to change.

“You don’t know how much time you’ve got on this earth so don’t waste it being miserable. I know that is said all the time but it couldn’t be more true.

“𝐀𝐧𝐲𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝!

“𝘖𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯, 𝘥𝘰 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 (𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘥

“𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 3 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴!

”𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦.

“𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨) 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 - 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳

“𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘰𝘨. 𝘈 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.

“..’𝘛𝘪𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.

𝘏𝘰𝘭

𝘟𝘰𝘹𝘰"

🅻🅰🆂🆃🅻🆈, 🆂🅷🅴 🅳🅾🅽🅰🆃🅴🅳 🅰🅻🅻 🅷🅴🆁 🆆🅾🆁🅺🅸🅽🅶 🅾🆁🅶🅰🅽🆂 🅱🅴🅵🅾🆁🅴 🆂🅷🅴 🅳🅸🅴🅳. 🅻🅸🅵🅴 🅸🆂 🆂🅷🅾🆁🆃 🅶🆄🆈🆂, 🅻🅴🆃 🅴🆅🅴🆁🆈 🅼🅸🅽🆄🆃🅴 🅲🅾🆄🅽🆃.

This was posted on her timeline immediately after she died.