Do you realize that you've already had your last meeting with many people you know or recognize? There are so many you've encountered with whom you'll never meet again in this lifetime. Those you promised to see later—with many of them, you'll truly meet only in the hereafter. That person you treated rudely and walked away from without a care, that person you've been thinking of apologizing to day after day, month after month, year after year—before you can meet them again, you might hear... they've died of a stroke. The most mysterious aspect of human life is the final meeting. There are many with whom you spoke thinking it was the last time, only to find yourself bumping into them thirty more times against your will. The eighty-something neighbor whom you visited thinking he could die any moment, whom you checked on before sleeping peacefully—you might discover that you yourself, not yet twenty-eight, won't be alive the next morning. If you've wronged someone, don't waste time saying you'll apologize—apologize immediately. If someone has wronged you, forgive them from your heart. Whenever you meet anyone, love them genuinely. Old friends, relatives or strangers, those you rarely see—when you do encounter them, embrace them close. You never know with whom you're having your final meeting! Life is a game board, and humans are the pieces in this cosmic game. You make plans for your life, but it's the Master Craftsman who moves the pieces of those plans. No matter how many moves you make, no matter how strong you build your game board, no matter how skilled you become at playing—perhaps that Master Craftsman, seated in the heavens, watches you and smiles quietly while making entirely different plans. Fish don't recognize the net, And humans don't recognize time.
The Last Glimpse
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