"Live Each Day Like You're Dying"
I think we all have heard that line before, if you didn't hear it by mouth, you heard similar sayings on social media or music. Queue the Kris Allen song. Now that we all enjoyed the Kris Allen song, let's get into the point of this article. "Live Each Day Like You're Dying." I hear this line a lot, everyone wants to make their life worth something and try their best not to waste time on the little things, but in reality day after day we worry about the little things and we stress about everything, big or small. If you were really trying to "Live each day like you're dying" would you really worry about those small details? If someone said something mean, would you really let that sly comment bother you? No. If you have minimal time to live you would want to try to be your best and do everything you can before death comes.
Everyone says they want to do that, but wanting to do that is a lot different than actually doing it right? I'm not going to sit here and play innocent, I'm a person who believes each day is a gift, not a given right, and wants to live everyday like it's my last, but it doesn't work that way. No matter what, you're going to get into a fight with someone over something big or something small it seems that you having this anger towards them is the right decision, because they wronged you. However, if you were planning to live every day like it's your last would you really want to have that fight be unresolved when you're six feet under? Would you really want to leave that baggage behind? Wouldn't you rather be neutral with everyone and die happy knowing you don't have any unresolved problems left to take care of?
Traveling. Traveling is something we all want to do. Who doesn't love a vacation? Right? Living each day like we're dying would make us want to travel more, knowing that one day we won't get to go to that country or that beach. Regardless of our intentions, other things tie us down. We tend to get held up by work or family and that vacation or trip gets more and more delayed. If it was your last day you would want to go and see that destination. You wouldn't care about tomorrow because there would be no tomorrow to worry about. Instead of worrying about this or that, just go out and do it. Traveling or adventuring is one of the best things you can do. You learn so much more about cultures and see some of the most beautiful destinations. Instead of pushing it off for other people or work. Go. You don't know if tomorrow will come or not, act now.
In conclusion, tomorrow is never promised and you need to take action on the activities you want to do. Next time you get into an argument with someone or go to say something that would hurt that person, think to yourself. Is this worth it? Will I be pleased with my actions if I was to die tonight? This goes the same for traveling. Will I be upset with my decision to put off this trip for work if I was to die tomorrow? If the answer is yes. Then you should stop stalling and start enjoying the world and the people in it.
We might not be able to live everyday like we're dying, but we can sure as hell try to.
