Are you really living?

Hi Everyone, My name is Chris G and I’ve been working with Erik on and off for a few years. The On and Off part is due to my involvement in the military. I’ve been over seas and gone for different training events that have taken a bit of my time to say the least. Looking back on all that time, I’ve been awakened to the fact that we only have one life and that one life should be spent doing what we were put on this earth to do. Everybody has a different path and everybody finds a different way of getting there. I’m a true believer of “everything happens for a reason.” A few near death experiences will convince anyone of that, believe me. Just last week I came across an article and it got me thinking again. Live your life to fullest and never waste time. People like to say that they are killing time. "Oh, I'm at the mall, you know… Just killing time." It doesn't work that way. Time kills you. There are 28,251 days in the average human lifespan. What you do with them is up to you, but when the clock strikes midnight on that final day you no longer have any input. All you can do is look back on what you've done and the story you've written with your actions. Was it what you wanted? If no, why not? Now look back on what you've been doing with your days. How many hours of television did you watch last week? Or how many hours did you spend in front of a computer screen? Ever think about counting it? Kind of an uncomfortable thought, huh? What about that time you spend each day commuting to work; sitting in that same seat, driving the same route, cursing at the same intersections? All that time you spend preoccupied while you’re with your kids, friends or maybe that one person that you’ve chosen to love. Does that time spent with them really matter when all you’re really focused on is worrying about your mortgage, or bills or an issue plaguing you? Consider the path you’re on and total up the days again. How many of them were really lived well? Get up and do something. Achieve that thing that scares you, or at least fail while daring greatly. Love someone completely, take that trip that you’ve been putting off and actually say what you think for once. At the end of the day, when you step in the shower and watch the mud, blood and sweat wash down the drain, you’ll know that you can go to sleep with another day in the victory column. Seriously don’t waste it, because we’ve all experienced or heard about a story of someone dieing completely out of the blue. Sickness, Cancer, Car Accident, you name it, we’ve all heard it. It could be you, but could you say, you’ve lived a great life? Could You? Then prove it everyday!