Thursday, April 9, 2020

Tomorrow?

With all that's going on in the world I thought the following might be relevant.
Most of us feel uncomfortable pondering our own mortality.
To a certain extent, it's even uncomfortable to write or talk about it.
I'll say this about the whole subject, why not turn what many view as a negative subject into a positive one?
Putting aside personal faith beliefs and considerations, let thoughts of our mortality become kind of a call to action, to live life more fully. No one is guaranteed health and being alive tomorrow, so why live and act as if we have lots of time to do things? Wouldn't it be smarter to get started on these "things" today?
I talked to a friend last week who lives in Florida, he said that unlike myself, he was going to wait until he was 66 to retire because that's when he would earn the greatest amount of pension and benefits. My question to him was, how did he know he would have the health or even be alive at 66 to enjoy it? His only response was: "My, aren't you the optimistic one."
Not to go on about this but I say we need to live like we don't take life for granted--do the things we want to do today--tell the people you love how you feel about them, today--and each and everyday for that matter.
 If you think you need to make changes in your life start the process now because tomorrow is guaranteed to no one.

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