AceOnTheRiver 0 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Dear Daniel,I hope what I say would set you in a right frame of my mindfor more success.From point of view I get from your blogs it looks to me that yourheaviness of being successful need to be replaced by lightnessof being beginner again (less sure about everything).Remembering that you'll be dead soon is the most important tool you 'll ever encounter to help you make the right choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride,all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that your are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be,because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true. Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. Look in the mirror and ask yourself "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" "O hell, to choose love by another's eyes!" -Shakespeare Link to post Share on other sites
tracyo 0 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Cool post. I was sitting at my desk trying to decide if I should work today or take it off as planned. Read this post and decided I'm not working today. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
nutzbuster 7 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Wow. Screw it then! I'm gonna eat that extra doughnut after all!!!Thanks! Link to post Share on other sites
nutzbuster 7 Posted July 1, 2005 Share Posted July 1, 2005 Seriously....you're post is right on the money.Never live life with regrets. You/we are taking none of this with us.You've never seen a hearse with a luggage rack....... Link to post Share on other sites
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