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               ON THE DAY I DIE ........

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"On the day I die....

The things .... so chased and guarded and treasured will be left in the hands of others.... to discard.

The words of my critics which so burdened me will cease to sting or capture anymore. They will be unable to touch me.

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All my noisy incoming notifications and texts and calls will go unanswered. Their great urgency will be quieted.

My many nagging regrets will all be resigned to the past, where they should have always been anyway.

Every superficial worry about my body that I ever labored over; about my waistline or hairline or frown lines, will fade ...

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All the small and large anxieties that stole sleep from me each night will be rendered powerless.

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On the day I die, the few people who really know and truly love me will grieve deeply.

They will feel a void.

They will feel cheated.

They will not feel ready.

They will feel as though a part of them has died as well.

And on that day, more than anything in the world they will want more time with me.

I know this from those I love and grieve over.

And so knowing this, while I am still alive I’ll try to remember that my time with them is finite and fleeting and so very precious—and I’ll do my best not to waste a second of it.

I’ll try not to squander a priceless moment worrying about all the other things that will happen on the day I die, because many of those things are either not my concern or beyond my control.

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They rob you of the joy of this unrepeatable, uncontainable, ever-evaporating Now with those who love you and want only to share it with you.

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Don’t let your life be stolen every day by all that you believe matters, because on the day you die, much of it simply won’t.

Yes, you and I will die one day.

But before that day comes: let us live."

This reminds myself of the importance of seizing each day as it comes, and Thanking God for each breathing moments.
It also reminds me that some of my peers & loved ones are actually giving all their precious time to the regretful thoughts of their past and worries of their future..worrying too much about the littlest things.
We realize the value of time after it’s gone… So, live each day , each moment because there is no 'replay'.

Live every day as if it were your last because you never know when it could be...