Keep Living Life

What if you woke up tomorrow and it was all gone? What if everything you love just disappeared, without as much as a goodbye… What would you wish you had done?

It's amazing how much we take life for granted, each and every day we are given could be our last…but we as humans live as though we are invincible and act as though we are given 80+ years to live and do with what we will. 

But that is not how it is! 

Each day we are given is a gift, a privilege, a right. They say you never know what you have until it's gone, but the truth is we always knew it was there we just never took the time to be thankful for it. 

Life is one of those things. It's funny, when you hear you're dying, you look at life differently. For once in your life, you're thankful for it.

About a week ago my friend found out she might have cancer.

There's that word, cancer; it's almost a cuss word nowadays. For most people it's a normal, everyday word that gets dropped every minute. 

But for the lucky few, it's a scary word that doesn't come around too often.

For my friend, cancer check-ups are almost normal. She goes in for a check up and they say that she might have something that looks cancerous, but they usually get back to her in a day or so. 

This time it's different. This time it could be the last.

The doctors have given her two weeks to wait. She has two weeks until doctors call her into their office and let her know her fate. Two weeks, 14 days, 336 hours, 20160 minutes, 1209600 seconds. 

That's a long time to find out if your life is going to change forever.

What we don't realize is that people die every day. Soldiers lose their lives, people get murdered, kidnapped, bombed, killed by car crash, heart attack, drowning, freezing, burning, hanging, hurting. 

And it is always someone's son, daughter, wife, husband, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, grandfather, grandmother, partner, friend, girlfriend, boyfriend, co-worker… 

People die, but life goes on… Or does it?

Tomorrow could be your last day, what do you want to be remembered by? What do you want people to say about you? What do you want to say you did your very last day you lived…

Did you live?

The most common question asked for people in this situation is, "if you died today would you be content with the life you left?"

The worst part about death is what follows. When someone close to you dies, you spend the next few weeks re-examining your life. Death scared you, and it pushed you to believe that every moment you take could be your last. 

We shouldn't have to think like this as a result of being scared by death.

Every day of our life should be treated as though it could be our last, because the truth is we don't know when we will take our last breaths.

In about a week, I find out if the person who's been by my side for many years is gonna get to stay with me or not. I might have to say goodbye to my best friend. And it will hurt like hell. 

But I'm not gonna let it stop me. Because I am lucky enough to be able to say goodbye… And in the meantime, I'm lucky enough to stand by her side and live with her!

If you could do anything right now, I beg you to go to the one you love. Tell them that you love them, show them, prove it in as many ways you can because you don't have all the time in the world, we are not invincible. 

So next time you're with your brother, sister, family member, best friend, the one you love; kiss them longer, hug them tighter, and laugh a little louder… 

Because it could be the last time you ever get the chance to.