I suppose all of us have certain memories that stay with us over the years. Memories that mean little or nothing to 99.99999% of the population. But these memories haunt you. There is something about them that casts a vivid image in your mind. You close your eyes and the experience unfolds itself in your mind to such a degree it’s difficult to separate it from reality. Much like a vivid dream in the moments before you wake. You could swear you were really there seconds ago but now you look around and all you see is your bedroom. But a few seconds ago you really were somewhere else. It was so real you could touch it. You could feel and hear it. Those are the type of memories that haunt my mind. Something that happened long ago yet seem like it was yesterday.
The one that struck me this morning was a young woman by the name of Maida Carpio Scott. This was her last tweet on the morning of July 18, 2016 while she was having breakfast at the IHOP in Ellensburg, WA.
Here is a photo of her near Custer State Park.
Here’s another at Pikes Peak.
And another.
Her tweet from July 14, 2016
Maida was on her way home to Colorado when a truck crossed over the center line.
She was doing what she loved to do. Riding a motorcycle cross-country.
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.
Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it, and that is how it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It’s life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.”
L
Somewhere In Texas
“Something is about to happen. Something very wonderful.”
This post was composed under the magical influence of Can’t Get It Out Of My Head by ELO
This is Candy. One of Maida’s best friends. This is a lovely reminder of living life to its fullest. But i cannot find who wrote this article. Would you please contact me? Thank you.