You're going to get sick. You're going to diminish; from a single sneeze, to a weekend wasting, to a wheelchair.
Now that this is certain, what can one make of it?
A forced disruption of your routine can be an opportunity. Clarity can be sharpened by the dull vacuum of an illness. What is important to you? What can you stand to leave undone - what can you not?
You can rage against the storm, and be battered mind, body, and soul with nothing to show for it.. or you can be remade.
You can seek forgiveness. You can reach for love or family. You can search for your god.
As your unrestrained time washes away and is whittled down will you give a moments pause to reflect on your values? To choose again?
You had so much time for any and all pursuits before... now with mortality clarified, what will you do with that finite remainder? In abundance, urgency dissolves. But illness strips away the excess.
Every illness is a chance to reach out. Don't forever fall back on your old ways.. next time embrace the opportunity for a cold, beautiful transformation.