Nothing focuses a person's priorities in life like learning he is about to die. Many of us would suddenly realize we have spent our lives on things that were not very important. So many of us waste our lives with "when and then" thinking, believing that "when" this happens,"then" we will really start living and do something that really matters.
By embracing the fact that our time on earth is limited, we can deliberately, no longer postponing the joy and peace that come from fulfilling our destiny.
I'm convinced that rather than inhibiting us to play it safe, embracing our time on earth as a limited resource has incredible power to liberate us. Most of us, if we knew we only had one month to live, would live differently. We would be more authentic about who we are and are more deliberate about how we spent our time. But such a contrast begs the question: what keeps us from living this way now?
The temporal nature of our lives should keep our focus on what matters most.
Life isn't measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life
to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it, I say! Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are
only so many tomorrows.
Often we're tempted to play it safe and settle for far less than we were made for. I know so many people whose favorite day of the week is Someday. Countless people in every stage of life say, " Someday I'm going to go for all that life has to offer."
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just live the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
If we knew we had one month to live, I suspect most of us would experience crystal clarity about how to prioritize our time. If you want to live with no regrets, then you may need to inventory your life and see how you've been spending your time.
The 80/20 Principle: Basically 20% of what you do brings about most of the results in your life, and 80% of what you do is pretty much wasted time.
How does one become a butterfly? ... You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.
Love. Integrity. Forgiveness. Enthusiasm. Life. The passionate life, the one life we've been given to
live. It's about living with this passion, living life to the fullest and not settling. It's about living
passionately, loving completely, learning humbly, and leaving a legacy that will have eternal impact.
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