[...] In the real world, so much of life is about probability. Sure, decisions you make along the way absolutely increase – or all too often, decrease – your chances for success. But understanding probability dramatically improves your outcomes, if for no other reason than simply by (hopefully?) eliminating some stupid decisions.
Think about it. Flip a coin… you’ve got a 50/50 shot, heads or tails. Flip a coin 99 times, and even if you get heads 99 times in a row, your true probability of getting heads again, based solely on that next flip is, remarkably, 50/50.
[...] So I look at it this way – on every one of [these] future days I will be determined to appreciate that the day is a gift that I am extremely blessed to receive.
I will be grateful to have been given it. I will seek out the joy to be found in it. I will acknowledge that another day is never guaranteed.
Despite the daunting challenges I will ultimately face, I have promised myself that my perspective on the blessings and the beauty in my life will absolutely not be left to chance.
For me, I am determined that every single day of this incredible life I have remaining – regardless of how many or how few they may be, will be…
Heads I Win, Tails I Win.
As those are odds I can live with.
Mitch Canton, October 22, 2023.
These were the last words Dad published. His journey finished on January 13, 2024. I walk in honor of him, and in support of all others who have ALS, know someone with ALS, or lost someone to ALS.