Wednesday, May 7, 2008

On Death and Dying

I had the sad experience of meeting a work colleague yesterday who is probably dying from lung cancer. He is a really nice "salt of the earth" guy. But, he smoked his entire life. This is the 3rd person I have known at work to have died (or is dying) over the past few months. One person was only a few years older than I and frankly he put his life on hold for his career (thinking that there will always be a tomorrow).

Not to be morbid or morose, but it makes me realize that there are three things that we should never loose site of:

1. You know when you were born. But, you don't know when you are going to die.
2. If you were to be told that you have only one day left to live, could you say that you were satisfied with your life? If not, you damn well better get started living.
3. Life is meant to be a participation sport. Turn off the TV, get off of your ass, get in shape and play!

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