One of my favorite songs is "Live Like You Were Dying" recorded by Tim McGraw. I trust and hope you are familiar with this great song. The subject of the song is that a man learns he is ill and going to die and he spent most of the next days looking at the x-rays and talking about sweet time. When he was asked what he did when it sank in that he was nearing the end, he responded with a list of things he did--skydiving, loved deeper, talked sweeter and forgave others. And then stated he hoped that you have the chance to live like you were dying.
In the past year, I have known of several individuals who died suddenly. Some were alive one day and dead the next. Some were diagnosed with a deadly illness and they were very ill. None of these individuals had the opportunity to "live like they were dying." The truth is we are all dying. From the moment we are born, we start the journey to our death. We don't know when it will be and if we will have that "sweet time" to mark off those items on our bucket list. We all know that life is uncertain and yet we still hold back living life to the fullest. We have all kinds of excuses: when I have more money, when I have more time. We may not have "more time." So let's start now....let us love deeper, speak kindness to others, take time to do the things that bring us joy....actually stopping to smell those roses, really appreciate the sunsets, smile. A life with no regrets....... Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life.....what will YOU do with it? I'm ready to live like I am dying.....now...what to do first? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Live Like You Were Dying He said "I was in my early forties with a lot of life before me And a moment came that stopped me on a dime. I spent most of the next days, looking at the x-rays Talkin' 'bout the options And talkin' 'bout sweet time" I asked him "When it sank in that this might really be the real end How's it hit you when you get that kind of news? Man, what'd you do?" He said "I went skydiving I went Rocky Mountain climbing I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fumanchu And I loved deeper And I spoke sweeter And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying" And he said "Someday I hope you get the chance To live like you were dying" He said "I was finally the husband That most of the time I wasn't And I became a friend a friend would like to have And all of a sudden going fishin' wasn't such an imposition And I went three times that year I lost my dad I finally read the Good Book, and I took a good, long, hard look At what I'd do if I could do it all again And then I went skydiving I went Rocky Mountain climbing I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fumanchu And I loved deeper And I spoke sweeter And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying" And he said "Someday I hope you get the chance To live like you were dying Like tomorrow was a gift And you've got eternity To think about What you'd do with it What could you do with it What did I do with it? What would I do with it?
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