If Today was Your Last Day

What would you do, if tomorrow was too late?

The answer is supposed to be easy. Donate stuff, call some friends, make amends.
Say goodbye to your family, co-workers, pets.
Let go of the reign.
Make peace with it.

Is that really the best way to spend your last day?

What about the Dreams you’ve had, the Promises you’ve made?
It may not be enough to explore a Country, but it’s more than enough to see a beautiful city.
You might not get to save the World from hunger, but you could invite a homeless person for dinner.
You may not get married, but you could have the most spontaneous date.
There isn’t enough time to do great things, but there is plenty of time to do small things in a great way.

What would you do, if you were free?

Free to do whatever you wish, because tomorrow doesn’t exist.

If I died the next day, I’d call my parents and tell them how amazing it was to get to see all this. Without them, I wouldn’t be here.
Just imagine how it would feel like being an oak tree. A brick wall, or a chewing toy for a Husky. Your atoms could be rearranged in a way that you’d end up as a plate of veggies 82 light-years away.
But you’re here, reading this.
Your heart is still beating, even if just for a day.

I would also propose a marriage.
Kneel down and say: “You’d make the best Mom the World has ever seen, a Wife of every men’s Dream. You have the most beautiful Soul in the entire Galaxy, and the way you shine…There is just nothing like it.”
A few moments ago, I literally said that you can’t do it.
But who am I, or anyone – to tell you what can and can’t be done?
If that’s what you really want, go ahead and have fun.
Tomorrow you’ll be gone – shoot for the moon just this once.
Wouldn’t you want to know what happens when you follow your heart?

At last, I would write a post.
A post about Life, and how easily it can be torn from us.
To let others know about the value of every minute they spend here – because is there any guarantee, that you’ll get to see the next morning?
Do you know for sure that your dreams will wait, because “I’ve got a lot of years ahead of me, I’ll do it one day
But if a bus driver doesn’t spot you on the left this evening, could an accident end everything? You bet, and it may will.

What’s the one thing you’ve had on your mind ever since you started reading? That one idea, place or feeling. The words you would say.
What is the thing you’d regret the most if you passed away?

There, you may find the answers you’ve been seeking for years.

Every today is special, in a way. It has never happened before, and it’ll never happen again.

Remember that and take care,
Erik

4 Comments on “If Today was Your Last Day

  1. On my last day i would make a video for everyone thats dear to me and prob go sky diving while eating some KFC for the hell of itπŸ˜…. Theres too much to do for just 1 day so i’d probably spent time thinking as well.

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