See You On The Other Side

I felt compelled to expound on this for my GenX and Millenial brothers and sisters.

In less than two weeks the death toll personally and extraneously of people I knew or knew of that had some form of impact on who I am is now is over a dozen people. There were (13) in (14) days. I suppose there might be some PTSD going on at this point. As an adult I've always tried to be the stoic Biblical one and look at the longview of humanity and God but...what in the living hell? Its like the war generation of the 40s that had to deal with loss almost daily. Then it hits me....the war generation is essentially gone. It is now the generation after the war that is dying. Time stops for no one.

I guess as a GenXer I always knew this was going to happen. To this point we've mostly been insulated from generational die offs. No longer. The Boomers (mid 1940s to mid 1960s) were the largest generation to ever walk the earth, approx 90 million worldwide. They were the fruit of the WWII/Depression era.

Never in history did humanity have a generation with such an advantage in terms of medicine, science and longevity. Each successive generation has gotten smaller. Boomers are all now approx 60-80 years old. The twilight of life. As with anything human, there are limits. Even with the science and medicine we are beginning to reach the limitations of the Boomer's generation. It is estimated that 5000-6000 will die daily.

The statistical outliers go first if they're not suicides or accidental like Chris Cornell or Malcolm Jamal Warner. We've lost many: Bowie, Prince, Sly, Jobs, Crosby, Ozzy, Hogan. I expect that the 'die off' is only going to accelerate now. Sadly, GenXers and Millenials will be the generations to bury them.

It is a reminder that life is finite, precious, a gift. By the grace of God we breathe. 1 Corinthians 15:10~ By the grace of God I am what I am....

...and so are you. Embrace life. Embrace God. Consider it all joy. We won't be here forever. It is appointed to a man to die once and then face their Lord.