Living Each Day as if Tomorrow is Your Last

I’ve been pondering a lot of things lately. I sense an urgency in my spirit. Questions keep plummeting over and over in my mind…that I’ll extend to you! What if tomorrow was YOUR last day on earth or that of any of YOUR friends or loved ones? Are you living your life in such a way that you wouldn’t have any regrets? Do you live life to the fullest, seizing every moment as if it were your last? Are there places you would be going, friends you would be scheduling time with, new things you would be trying? Would you stop procrastinating and JUST. DO. IT?

I have a friend that found out she had fourth stage lung cancer and she went bungee jumping off of a mountain cliff over the ocean. She knew she had nothing to lose by going, so she took the risk. Imagine the adrenaline rush and the feeling of satisfaction she must have felt. My friend was a fabulous Christian women. She knew where she was going the very moment she left this earth. Her last breath here on this earth was her very first breath in heaven. So she took a risk and did it up BIG. I miss my sweet friend…and I know beyond any shadow of a doubt I will see her again!

Apart from taking a huge risk and facing a fear, If you knew tomorrow was a friend or family members last day, is there anything you would want them to know that you haven’t yet said? How would you—Live. Your. Life—knowing tomorrow could be your last day?

Would you kick your self if you didn’t choose to get over petty differences between you by reaching out and talking with your friend or family member if you have ought against them? What does all of that really matter in the face of eternity? ALL of us need love. We need to know we are forgiven. We need to know that we are accepted, even with all of our human frailties.

It’s one thing if an individual is toxic and can’t be reckoned with. (I’m not talking about these individuals). But what about those that are willing to talk things out and let go of their indifferences? What then? Shouldn’t we at least TRY? If we try and they go on to their eternities, whatever that may be, wouldn’t we be grateful and thankful that we chose reconciliation and to make peace? Living with that would be so much easier than, I wish I had taken the time to call…I wish our last words were pleasant…I wish I had at least let them know I loved them and how important they were to me…

I’ll leave you with this thought. Maybe it’s worth a try. And the simple act of TRYING could leave us with a peace within ourselves that we didn’t have before. If, in fact… our last day is tomorrow. Ours or theirs.