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New Year, Same Old You

Oh, bad news, you woke up dead today

Thomas Plummer
Blue Insights
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2 min readDec 28, 2024

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Oh, bad news, you woke up dead.

Not me you scream, a whine no one
hears but you… this can’t be, I am not
done yet, why I have lunch today
with friends, taking the spouse to dinner,
this isn’t fair, still two more episodes
of the last season of my favorite Netflix.
I can’t be dead, there are people
expecting me to be here today.

It all goes on you know…. without you.

Your buddies at work get the news,
text each other about your passing,
but calls come in, business goes on,
in a few weeks you are someone
they no longer know… but once
knew, and their new golf buddy
doesn’t cheat like you did.

The ones who loved you the most
still remember, but memories fade,
as you will, each day a little more
life seeps into theirs and each day
they get up and go on… funny how
they manage to do that without you
isn’t it?

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Thomas Plummer
Thomas Plummer

Written by Thomas Plummer

A simple life dedicated to leaving the world a little better than I found it. Long career in the business of fitness, writer of books, speaker, personal coach.

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