“Just leave me with a little of myself,
And all the feelings that we fell for,
Love, but love is worth the price of holding on,
‘Cause you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone…”–Jennifer Rush
Do you know what you’re holding, today? Is meaning in life eluding you? I heard a friend ask recently,
“If you knew you had 30 days to live, what would you change?”
It’s an interesting question, isn’t it? We’ve all heard of, and some of us have made, bucket lists. You know how it works…the things you’d do and the places you’d go if you knew the end was imminent. But the question my friend posted gave me pause. There was a catch in my heart when I read it. What exactly would I do differently if I knew I was not long for this world? Two things came to my mind immediately.
1. I would play with my kids more.
2. I would worry less.
In his popular tune, Live Like You Were Dying, Tim McGraw poses a similar scenario along with a challenge…a challenge to live each day as if it were your last. I’m sure we all have a less and a more, don’t we? So what is that one thing that you would do more of? What would you do less of? Those are the things I hope we can all do more and less of each day… whether we have 30 days left or 30,000 left.
