This morning, I was asked a question by one of my co-workers obviously questioning is own mortality. He asked me, if you were told you had four months to live, what would you do?
My immediate response was replaced by my thought process beginning to race. What would I do? Would I change anything? I have a list from back when I turned 18 of the 100 things I wanted to do before I died, and I have gotten through most of them, is it time now to replace it with a new list?
One-I would quit this job that takes up so much of my time and leaves me feeling empty and unfulfilled.
Two-I would plan vacations...max out the credit cards, who cares at this point, right. I would go to DC first, because there's a gal there with a strong hold on my heart that I would love to see...then I would travel somewhere exotic, not sure where, just somewhere that my senses would be overloaded with new experiences. There's nothing more alive than experiencing something exciting for the first time with every sense in your body.
Three-I would take the time to contact all of the people from my past that have ever had an impact on me, and tell them just how significant they were in my growing process.
Four-I would bring comfort to my family, to make sure they knew that I had lived the life that I always dreamed of.
Five-I would close my eyes each and every night, wrapped in the arms of the man who has loved me like no other.
I could go on and on...but you get the gist. These are things that I didn't even have to think about...they just rolled off my mind. So, then that poses a new question. Why wait?
We're all one breath away from death, one wrong step, one turn of the wheel away, and yet we live in a way that promotes the idea that we are immortal. Those waiting to die, and those waiting to live.
So, this is my challenge for you. Live today as if it's your last. What would you do? Tell me, let's learn from one another so that we'll gain a new appreciation for life and our place in it.
Be well, friends...
My immediate response was replaced by my thought process beginning to race. What would I do? Would I change anything? I have a list from back when I turned 18 of the 100 things I wanted to do before I died, and I have gotten through most of them, is it time now to replace it with a new list?
One-I would quit this job that takes up so much of my time and leaves me feeling empty and unfulfilled.
Two-I would plan vacations...max out the credit cards, who cares at this point, right. I would go to DC first, because there's a gal there with a strong hold on my heart that I would love to see...then I would travel somewhere exotic, not sure where, just somewhere that my senses would be overloaded with new experiences. There's nothing more alive than experiencing something exciting for the first time with every sense in your body.
Three-I would take the time to contact all of the people from my past that have ever had an impact on me, and tell them just how significant they were in my growing process.
Four-I would bring comfort to my family, to make sure they knew that I had lived the life that I always dreamed of.
Five-I would close my eyes each and every night, wrapped in the arms of the man who has loved me like no other.
I could go on and on...but you get the gist. These are things that I didn't even have to think about...they just rolled off my mind. So, then that poses a new question. Why wait?
We're all one breath away from death, one wrong step, one turn of the wheel away, and yet we live in a way that promotes the idea that we are immortal. Those waiting to die, and those waiting to live.
So, this is my challenge for you. Live today as if it's your last. What would you do? Tell me, let's learn from one another so that we'll gain a new appreciation for life and our place in it.
Be well, friends...
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