If You Only Had 100 Days To Live,...
I watched The War of the Worlds last night. Although there were some illogical bits, but I think Steven Spielberg outdid himself, on the sci-fi disaster movie scale. It was amazing and scary, all at once.
But it set me thinking about something else, that's close to my heart: If you only had 100 days to live, what would you do with it? How would you live your life differently? What would you say to your loved ones, your friends, society at large? What do you think would become important to you, if you only had 100 days to live?
Share with me your thoughts, my friends.
Steve Jobs spoke in a recent graduation speech for the students of Stanford University, about his life and his discovery that he had terminal cancer. This is what he said:
"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because 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. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
And in another part:
"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
So, tell me, folks - what's important to you, if you just had 100 days left to live?
But it set me thinking about something else, that's close to my heart: If you only had 100 days to live, what would you do with it? How would you live your life differently? What would you say to your loved ones, your friends, society at large? What do you think would become important to you, if you only had 100 days to live?
Share with me your thoughts, my friends.
Steve Jobs spoke in a recent graduation speech for the students of Stanford University, about his life and his discovery that he had terminal cancer. This is what he said:
"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because 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. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
And in another part:
"No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
So, tell me, folks - what's important to you, if you just had 100 days left to live?