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