Have you ever thought that while you are reading this, there is the possibility that I am no longer breathing? Yeah, that's a weird thought isn't it?

The sad aspect of life is: We will never know what will end up of our lives or when our lives will be over. While this is some very heavy stuff, the reality is, it is 100 percent true. I could be sleeping and my heart could potentially stop working. There is the possibility that I might be homeless in the future and die from exposure to the elements. The simple fact is, we have no clue what the future holds for us.

Until recently, this aspect of life really bothered me to the point where I would have trouble sleeping. Thoughts and fears of death or not making a name for myself would keep me up all hours of the night. I feel like there are a lot of people who feel this anxiety as well. It wasn't until I began to harness the uncertainty of life and use it to my advantage that I truly began to live.

If your every day is consumed with constant worry and anxiety, it is truly difficult to actually live a fulfilling life. While it is hard to accept the fact that we all lead a doomed existence, this should not inhibit it. In all reality, not knowing what may happen to us in the future is a gift. It may be hard to see it this way at the time, but once you begin to think about it, you can harness this uncertainty and use it to your own benefit. Think of it this way—not knowing when you may kick the bucket gives you all the more reason to hold nothing back and to say what you really mean all of the time. If you knew that you might die tomorrow, wouldn't you take every chance you never would normally take? Wouldn't you tell every person you love, just how much you really love them?

Why is it that we hold things back so frequently in our lives? Why is it that we don't take those chances, opportunities to be bold and step up and make a name for ourselves? The great thing about life is, most of the time, you get a lot of opportunities to make things right and to succeed. The average life expectancy of men and women in the U.S. is somewhere around 70 years, so don't worry, it isn't too late for you to take those shots. But who knows? Why wait around? Our time is limited on this Earth. Nothing, as much as we want it to be, is ever permanent. The only permanence we have is to stamp our signs of life onto this rock we live on. Please, I urge you, embrace your own mortality and harness it for good. Take the fear of not knowing and use it as motivation to do something great or to love with more passion and zeal.

We cannot change what we are, all we have control over is the way we use it. I may not live to see tomorrow, but you had better believe that I will live today.