equalizer

Each of us begin our lifetime on a similar footing. Some may struggle with breathing. Others may be unable to effectively process sounds. Whatever the physical challenges or mental struggles, we all arrive prepared to experience this existence for however long a life we are granted. What happens within the fulfillment of that life, whether it's deemed positive or negative, is determined by our societal and earthly circumstances and how we, and the rest of our world, respond to the hand each of us are dealt.

Illustrations © Barbara J Holzapfel

However, there will come a moment, one single second, when all of that is irrelevant. If we went to a good school, met the love of our life, accomplished positive social advances, and amassed great wealth, we will die. If we lived an impoverished life, filled with loss, anger, and loneliness,
we will die.

Death is the all-mighty equalizer.