grim's reminders

nine grim reminders — raw, unflinching quotes about love, life and lessons learned. no 🌈s or 🦄s to be found here, only the truth courtesy of your friendly neighborhood grim  

”none of us have the promise of tomorrow, god forbid this is my last day on this beautiful earth, it won’t be spent listening to some news person telling me how rotten we are, how rotten life is, heck no, i’m going out and seeing how beautiful life is. as humans, our time on this planet is very limited … turn off, tune out and turn on your life” ~ frank zappa 

“life is a twelve round battle. and while you may win every one of them, death always wins the fight” ~ grim 

“try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell and when you get angry, get good and angry, try to be alive. you will be dead soon enough.” ~ william saroyan 

“if someone claims, ‘only i can save you’ know that they are completely & utterly full of shit. no one can save you from life’s only guarantee” ~ grim 

“death smiles at everyone, and all we can do is smile back” ~ marcus aurelius 

“failure to acknowledge + own the end only robs you of your now” ~ grim 

“it doesn’t work that way god doesn’t punish the wicked and reward the righteous. everyone dies. some die because they deserve to others die simply because they come from minneapolis” ~ booth 

“the root of all evil deeds as well as the secret to a fulfilling life of purpose share a singular common denominator; one’s view of death” ~ grim 

"i’m 62 years old. certainly, if i were to pass away tomorrow, it would be premature, but it wouldn’t be unheard of and so, no, i don’t fear that” ~ michael j. fox