If today is your last day on earth...
Every day is a gift. We don’t often think of that. We try to “get through” each day. We have bills to pay. We have obligations to other people and/or to a job and/or to a child or an elderly parent. Life feels like a struggle. There is never enough time. “I just want to sleep!” or “My gift is when I finally take a vacation.”
More than in the past, interviews are showing that more people during the COVID-19 feel that each day is NOT a gift. Each day is another day to “get through crap.” But there is no promise of tomorrow. Life throws curve balls. You can’t live life waiting for the “perfect moment” as that moment is what you make of it.
In my upcoming book “In Case You Die” you are helped to realize that putting things off only makes the issue of not feeling content with your life more obvious.
Do you have regrets about things you have said to other people? If you died in your sleep would there be people you wish you had made amends with? Can you say “I’m sorry” Can you forgive others? Have you said “I love you” often enough? Have you told people that you love that you are okay with death as it is part of life?
And above all else do you have inner peace? Do you feel that you have balanced your life with what you need and want? Do you need help with any of this? It could be support, counseling or spiritual care.
What would you say is the legacy you will leave? Are there lessons you have passed on to family and friends? This doesn’t have to be in a formal sense but rather in the actions you perform. Have your written them down or recorded them in some way? Is there someone you are close to who can share this with others on your behalf? How about a personal history? Who would you give that to?
And in the broad topic of personal peace with every single day, what is still on your to do list?? Can you fix issues with people? Can you get more things off your bucket list and on to your check/done list? What is holding you back?
Life is about today. You are alive. You have amazing abilities. You have a story. You have inner thoughts. Are you maximizing them all? Do it!!!
The sun rises and the sun sets...
also
We have countless jokes online and in person about nonstop phone calls at all hours begging you to extend your car warranty - even when you don't own a car! But we don't talk about death. AND we all have death in common!
Upon death, even if your legal paperwork is completed will there be problems? Tell others about your wishes. Make changes as often as you want but be sure your loved ones know. Problems arise when loved ones disagree. Money can do that to wills.
You don't have to discuss death daily. Yet you need to face that we all will die. Give yourself a rest sometimes but remember that each day is precious.