How many sunsets do you think you’ve seen in your life? Really watched. Appreciated. Taken in the beauty of it. The awesomeness.

Lots, right? But have you really?

And how many more do you think you’ll see before the end of your life?

Lots, right? You’ve got all the time in the world, right?

But the truth is you’ll only see a handful more. Maybe not even that.

Until your time starts to run out. It’s amazing what a brush with death can do for a person’s perception. The air really does smell better. That water really does feel cooler. The sky really is bluer…when you actually take a second to look up.

Call him weird, call him strange, call him crazy, but it doesn’t bother Eddie McWaters anymore. Now all that matters are the little things that he took for granted before, and his new acuity to see them with.