The Diary of Kraddark ;

i want to share this story. A story which means a lot, but is almost always forgotten by everyone.

one day, alpha and beta were both admitted to the hospital for checkup. while waiting for the checkup results, both of them chatted.

alpha: in my whole life, i have many dreams. some are fulfilled, but many are not. if i am diagnosed with cancer, i plan to use my last remaining years to fulfill my dreams. the first thing i want to do is to travel to pompeii to see the ruins, to take a boat down the changjiang in china, to spend a winter in harbin......

and the list goes on, a total of 27 items. Beta, who was beside, also had the same plan as alpha. when the results were out, Alpha, unfortunately, had cancer, while Beta had only contracted some minor virus. that very year, Alpha quited his high-paying job and set out to achieve his dreams, while Beta dicharged and returned to his usual life.

2 years later, Beta thought of Alpha and called him to ask about his health condition.

Alpha: if not for this illness, i would not have realised how much time i have been wasting. in this 2 years, i have travelled to many countries, completed my ph.D, and am preparing to publish my first book.

on the other hand, Beta, who was not diagnosed with cancer, had long forgotton his plan to fulfill his own dreams.

Most people are just like Beta. we never realise how little time we have and how much regrets we bring with us when we die. we think we have a lot of time, but we never realise that life is actually shorter than we think. hope that this short story could constantly remind us that time is much too precious to waste.

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