I’m healthy…I think.
I’ve recently met some people who are going through serious health problems…potentially life threatening. Some are older than me, some younger.
It’s scary, and it really made me think.
I wonder what I’d do if I was handed a diagnosis. The first thing my mind rushes to is to think about the content I’d rush to create, the thoughts I’d rush to capture so as to leave nothing left unsaid before my time is up. I think of the people I’d spend more time with, or the things I’d cease wasting time on.
In my life, I’ve experienced dramatically life-altering situations, that came down to a matter of seconds. Those seconds could’ve meant life and death. Those seconds could’ve simply been the difference in how my life turned out. Those seconds weren’t planned, they just happened.
So the question remains…
What on earth am I waiting for? And for that matter, what on earth are you waiting for?
How would your life change if tomorrow was the last day? What would be on your final day checklist? And when it’s framed that way, why aren’t we more mindful of this each day?
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
-Anne Frank
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