How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life?

I feel like life is constantly reminding me that I need to live it. None of us get out alive, and we don’t die with our diplomas and trophies… none of that material sh*t matters. Love is what matters. True connection is what matters. Empathy and curiously are what matters. Life continues to remind me to look to love and kindness, because although we may not all have the same struggles, we do all have our own struggles.