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Healthy People Have a Thousand Wishes. Sick People Have One.
Healthy people have a thousand wishes. Sick people have one.
This is your reminder that while we should prepare for tomorrow, we need to enjoy today.
Time is the only currency you spend that you don't know your balance, so use it wisely. And once you lose it, you can't get it back.
The two people in the photo are some of the most beautiful people this world has ever known, and they happen to be my parents. My mom recently found out that she has stage 4 lung cancer. She's never smoked in her life. Her life expectancy is being cut short.
My dad dreamed of buying a cabin in Minnesota for their winter wonderland retirement, but plans are changing. Don't wait for the destination to find joy in the journey.
Yes, this is a sad time for our family. However, we're grateful for the 55 years she's lived so far, as we know many have had less time. The gift of this challenging situation is knowing the time we have left to make memories. If it wasn't cancer, it could have been a car accident where there was no time to realign actions and values.
In the book Regrets of the Dying, only hindsight taught the importance of relationships and experiences. Let's not wait until we're dying to learn these lessons.