More Birthdays!

http://morebirthdays.com     by The American Cancer Society

I like the idea of celebrating life and lives!  It is like that Tim McGraw song, "Live Like You Were Dying".  The meaning and lyrics are great.  But do we always have to get a "wake up call" to make us realize and appreciate how special life, love, family and friends are?   And what if we turned that song around and lived our lives and treated our loved ones as if they were dying (I don't mean this in a harsh way).  Say what you mean and mean what you say!  Every day!

I know life goes on and everyone can't stop and go sky diving.  :-)  So put your reminders up, your sticky note on your mirror, your daily calendar quote, the top priority on your daily task list.....  And be the person YOU want to be.  Live the life YOU want to live.  Have no regrets!

Today is my birthday and it is QUITE special and emotional this year!  I want to hold on to my lessons learned throughout the past few months forever!  And make certain I follow my own advice above! 

Have a great day!  I know I will!

"Live Like You Were Dying"
by Tim McGraw

He said: "I was in my early forties,
"With a lot of life before me,
"An' a moment came that stopped me on a dime.
"I spent most of the next days,
"Looking at the x-rays,
"An' talking 'bout the options an' talkin’ ‘bout sweet time."
I asked him when it sank in,
That this might really be the real end?
How’s it hit you when you get that kind of news?
Man whatcha do?

An' he said: "I went sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing,
"I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu.
"And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter,
"And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying."
An' he said: "Some day, I hope you get the chance,
"To live like you were dyin'."

He said "I was finally the husband,
"That most the time I wasn’t.
"An' I became a friend a friend would like to have.
"And all of a sudden goin' fishin’,
"Wasn’t such an imposition,
"And I went three times that year I lost my Dad.
"Well, I finally read the Good Book,
"And I took a good long hard look,
"At what I'd do if I could do it all again,
"And then:

"I went sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing,
"I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu.
"And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter,
"And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying."
An' he said: "Some day, I hope you get the chance,
"To live like you were dyin'."

Like tomorrow was a gift,
And you got eternity,
To think about what you’d do with it.
An' what did you do with it?
An' what can I do with it?
An' what would I do with it?

"Sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing,
"I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu.
"And then I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter,
"And I watched Blue Eagle as it was flyin'."
An' he said: "Some day, I hope you get the chance,
"To live like you were dyin'."

"To live like you were dyin'."
"To live like you were dyin'."
"To live like you were dyin'."
"To live like you were dyin'."