What’s something most people don’t understand?

Life isn’t sturdy.

It isn’t built like the houses we trust,
With brick and mortar confidence,
With insurance policies and backup plans,
With a neat little calendar reminder
For when things go wrong.

No.

Life is more like glass.

Not the thick, bulletproof kind you see in films,
But the kind you find in an old photo frame—
Smudged with fingerprints,
Held together with hope
And a couple of bent clips on the back.

And yet…

We carry it around
Like it’s indestructible.

I’ve seen enough

The arrivals.
The departures.
The quiet hospital rooms where time sits heavy in the corner,
And pretends it’s not watching you.

I’ve brushed past the edge myself a few times,
Close enough to hear the silence
On the other side of the noise.

And here’s the thing

When it’s your time…

It’s your time.

No bargaining.
No “just five more minutes.”
No dramatic speeches that rewrite the ending.

The universe doesn’t negotiate.

(It barely even acknowledges the complaint.) 

But here’s the bit people really don’t get

Fragile
Doesn’t mean pointless.

In fact, it’s the opposite.

It’s because it breaks
That it matters.

We spend so much time
Armouring up for battles
That may never come,

Saving the good mugs “for best,”
Putting off the phone call,
Waiting for the mythical “right moment”
(You know the one—
It lives somewhere between tomorrow and never.)

Meanwhile—

Life is happening in the small things:

A quiet cuppa in the shed.
A daft joke that makes no sense but still lands.
The way someone you love smiles
And suddenly the whole room feels lighter.

Those moments—

They’re not the background.

They’re the whole show.

I didn’t learn that from books,

Though I’ve read enough of them

Holy ones, dusty ones,
The kind that promise answers

And the kind that just ask better questions. 

No

I learned it the long way round.

By living.
By losing.
By realising that strength
Isn’t about holding everything together…

It’s about knowing it won’t stay that way
And choosing to love it anyway.

So here it is, plain and simple

What most people don’t understand is this:

You don’t have time.

You have now.

And now is fragile.
Handle it accordingly.

Stay safe,
BC