In a speech yesterday I told a group of businesswomen that you're not ready to live until you're ready to die. Easy for me to say, right? Well…no. Seal (see the clip above) has some poetic thoughts on the matter of dying. But I don't want to stray to far from the meaning of this story.
It wasn't until I got serious about the things I couldn't see (love of family and love of people), that I starting confronting the urgency of this limited time offer call life. I apply the idea to work too.
The businesswomen yesterday got my meaning. Those truly passionate about what they do carry a sense of the ending. People like this believe that the story titled our life has a beginning, a middle, and an end. It clarifies and refines how we approach everything.
If we get close to this idea we might get the following:
- No more playing around with destructive words and behaviors.
- No need for the next generation of DVD technology.
- Dinner with the entire family every night.
- No more preoccupation with fame and fortune.
- Embracng the moment with all you connect with.
- Taking care of our bodies like the gift they are.
- Seeing people as more valuable than material goods.
- Taking responsibility for our lives.