If Not On the Day I Die
If you were really going to die tonight, would you sit and read through the whole Sunday paper, or most of the magazines you subscribe to? Would you really surf around the TV looking desperately for anything of even minor interest? Would you still go out and spend an hour or two at lunch or dinner, gossiping about the other managers. Decide then: If not on the day I die, then not now either. Because, frankly, it may really be today.
–Geshe Michael Roach, The Diamond Cutter
Excerpted from Crossroads Dispatches — the whole post is worth a read. Thanks to Nacho for pointing the way.
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June 29th, 2006 at 10:38 pm
Cripes, what would I do–if I knew. I guess I’d spend some phone time, hopefully get my nearby kids to drop by, and take Cookie for one last walk. I sure wouldn’t have continued cleaning my bedroom, or watched Star Jones on Larry King.
June 30th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
I’m not sure what I would do, but I can tell you what may father did. He methodically called all of his out-of-town friends, thanked them for their friendship, and explained why they likely would not receive a Christmas card next year.