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GET A LIFE!!!

I've had two different phone calls today asking me about this or that and the best piece of advice I can give anyone is simple: Get A Life. A real life, not the manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house. newer car. Seriously, do you think you would care so much about those things if you developed an aneurysm one afternoon, had a debilitating stroke, found a lump in your breast while in the shower, cancer? Stop whining and start trying.

Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze over the sandy shores, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over a pond, a life where you actually hear the song in the wind. Get a life in which you pay attention to a baby making funny faces when she tries to pick up a Cheerio with her thumb and finger. A life where watching your puppy chase it tail for hours makes you laugh until you cry.

See the beauty of new life as spring arrives, feel the rays of suns as it shines bright on a hot summer day, watch as the leaves change in spring; look at a full moon hanging silver in a black sky on a cold winter's night. Realize that life is glorious, and that you have no business taking it for granted.

Care so deeply about life that you want to spread joy and happiness. Take the money that you would have spent on beers in a bar and give it to a charity. Do you have any idea how many children are in need of a warm coat this time of year and shoes on their feet? Volunteer in a soup kitchen for an afternoon. There is one in nearly every town. Count your blessings and reach out to someone less fortunate than yourself.

All of us want to do well. But if we do not do good too, then doing well will never be enough. Life is short. I've always known this. Or almost always. I've been living with mortality for over a decade, since my mother, father, brother, and so many others passed away way to soon. And this is what I learned from that experience... When Reality checks in, knowledge of our own mortality is that greatest gift we will ever be given.

It is so easy to waste our lives... our days, our hours, our minutes, even our seconds. Doing nothing. It is so easy to take for granted the little things... the color of our children's eyes, little hand-prints on mirrors and windows, animal crackers all over your car... Wake up and take notice of the most seemingly insignificant things that everyone takes for granted. Running water. Indoor plumbing. Electricity. The smell of coffee brewing in the early morning to awaken you. The feel of the earth under bare feet. Rain falling from the sky. The sound of the wind. The heat of the sun. The glow of embers in a fire. And so much more...

If you are reading this, then are blessed with eyes to see and knowledge to understand what I am saying. It is up to you, where you go from here... GET A REAL LIFE and START LIVING IT... Realize who and what really matters!!! Kiss your mom. Hug your dad. Call someone JUST TO SAY I LOVE YOU. Sleep with a clear conscience and if you awaken... Do it all over again tomorrow. Peace and love to each of you...

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