Venessa, truly words to live by. Your poem reminds me of a favourite lyric. From the Flaming Lips song “Do you Realize??”:

Do You Realize — that everyone you know someday will die

And instead of saying all of your goodbyes — let them know
You realize that life goes fast
It’s hard to make the good things last
You realize the sun doesn’t go down
It’s just an illusion caused by the world spinning round