I think we all appreciate the beauty and fragility of flowers and usually stop to admire and smell them. As people, we waste so much time being negative, self critical and unhappy with ourselves we find ways to numb it out and act like life will last forever. Then you have to get a new passport photo and you look at it and realize life has completely fleeted on past you and you think: Damn I should've appreciated and smelled more of everything.
PS You also notice that passport photo you hated 10 years ago looks pretty great now.

Acrylic and mixed media on canvas