Let's consider the average life expectancy is 80 years.
Even if we are healthy and escape all the external forces, we can expect to be gone or diminished in some way by the time, we reach 80.
With that in mind, what do you want to look back on when you blow out 80 bright-colored candles on your birthday cake? What makes you smile and realize you really lived a purposeful life and the life that you really wanted?
Even if we are healthy and escape all the external forces, we can expect to be gone or diminished in some way by the time, we reach 80.
With that in mind, what do you want to look back on when you blow out 80 bright-colored candles on your birthday cake? What makes you smile and realize you really lived a purposeful life and the life that you really wanted?
- Becoming great in your career and rising to the top of a big company? Maybe.
- Finding someone who makes you happy and having beautiful children with them? Maybe.
- Using your own creativity and skills to create something? Maybe.
- Starting a business that helps others in some way…
- Traveling across the world to experience all the beauties of earth…
- Learning and living with different cultures all over the planet…
- Lending a hand, knowledge, or money to others who are less fortunate than yourself?
- All the above? Some of the above? None of the above?
Whatever it is, you need to figure it out NOW! Start developing an action plan that brings you closer to your goals and to your dreams.
Sure, these dreams and goals will change, as will your plans. Some things will stay, others will be replaced. That’s okay. That’s life and it means your changing, which also means your growing and really living.
Stop following the path that others have created and create your own.
“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.“ – Steve Jobs
You really have nothing to lose. The clock is ticking.
It’s time to LIVE.
Stop following the path that others have created and create your own.
“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.“ – Steve Jobs
You really have nothing to lose. The clock is ticking.
It’s time to LIVE.
Author and Credits: Matthew G. Bailey