After a severe car accident in 1998 that left me to re-learn how to walk and talk again, plus a NDE (near death experience) similar to the ones you see and hear about on TV I have been 100% confident in this simple fact:
“We will not be here one second less or one second longer than we are supposed to be here.”
However, I still feel as if I take so many things for granted in my daily activities and sometimes forget some of what I feel to be the most important guiding factors and elements in my life. And those are what I really and truly want to be, do and have in this life. How about you? Do you ever take anything for granted on occassion then one day snap out of it and wonder how the heck you took it for granted for so long. Are you always crystal clear on what you want to be, do and have…or would you like some better clarity on occassion? Or is it just me? 😉
Let’s face some simple truths today can we?
TRUTH: There will come a time unbeknownst to us that we will all face our last day and in fact our last breath.
TRUTH: None of us know when that last day or last breath will occur.
TRUTH: The RIGHT NOW is the only thing you and I can truly have any control or impact over and a series of these RIGHT NOW choices, actions, and decisions will determine our future.
Two quotes come to mind that I feel may assist in hammering these points home. One is from the famous TV actor Michael Landon from Little House on the Prairie:
“Somebody ought to tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit every minute of every day. Do it, I say, whatever you want to do, do it now.”
And the other is from the insurance billionaire who supported Napoleon Hill in the early 1900’s, W. Clement Stone. Mr. Stone used to repeat this saying at least 50 times per day:
“Do it NOW! Do it NOW! Do it NOW!”
Can you see the sense of urgency these two famous people had? Do you feel that other successful people have a similar sense of urgency?
Sidenote: Both Michael Landon and W. Clement Stone are no longer with us. Michael passed away from cancer in 1991 at the tender age of 54 and Mr. Stone lived to be over 100 years old and passed away in 2002.
Do you know clearly what you want to be, do, and have in your life? You can become crystal clear in what you are passionate about with the help of The Passion Test.
And if you’re asking yourself why am I so passionate in sharing this message with you today here is the answer.
Yesterday I sat next to my 52 year old mother’s bed as she took her last breath. It was one of the saddest moments of my life yet after the tears stopped and we were all hugging one another we all were happy that her pain was gone and that she is now in a better place.
(Tomorrow is the calling hours and Monday is her funeral/burial. Please pray for me and my family in this time of grief.)
My mom had a passion and she positively impacted thousands of people’s lives by following it and she has inspired me to rekindle my passions for being, doing and having the things in my life that I had taken for granted lately.
And I want the same to happen for you. To get a better understanding of your passions go take The Passion Test and see if you can enhance your destiny and impact in this lifetime.
Until next time…Make Today Great & God Bless!
Tom Beal
PS – Feel free to post your comments below. They will be greatly appreciated. (Comments weren’t working the 1st day I wrote this, so you’ll see one comment by me which listed many of your well wishes. Thank you!)
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