You want to truly know what it's like to live? To be alive?
Be diagnosed with a terminal illness.
Every single breath becomes a gift.
Every experience, no matter how small, becomes the most important experience ever.
Food tastes better, love becomes stronger, and you care about everyone deeply.
But here's the thing, no one gets out of this alive.
"Seat belts save lives!'
"Say No to Drugs...to save lives"
I could go on and on about what "saves lives", but nothing that "saves lives" actually saves lives.
It only delays the inevitable which is the unpleasant truth that we will all die.
So why is it usually only those who appreciate life are one's who have been diagnosed with death when we all have been diagnosed with death?
Shouldn't we strive to have every breath to be a gift? Every experience to matter? And for everything to taste better, for us to love strong and care deeply?
Of course we should because you've been diagnosed with death, we just don't know when that time will come.
We burn the days up when we are young as if we will live forever, but we won't.
In fact, I have friends who have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses and many people feel bad for them, however, I have other friends who will actually pass before that person does, heck, it could even be me.
So get up off the couch and live life.
Experience what this life has to offer and help those who have less than you.
I believe that there is a heaven and I believe it will be a better place than here.
So I will continue to enjoy this life and I will attempt to help those with less...so they too can enjoy this life.
