Perspective. We mostly go through our daily lives by going through the motions. One day leads to the next. Alarm, breakfast, school, lunch, more school, practice, homework, dinner, TV, bedtime. Something like that. Most days are not special or memorable. For example, can you remember what you did on November 7th of last year? Me neither.
This simple 1-minute video reminds us that we all will die someday. It’s inevitable. Most of us hardly ever think about this cold fact. It’s too abstract, maybe too distant and certainly too unpleasant. This video asks us to imagine that last day, the inevitability of that last day. And, on that final day, what if you were given an opportunity to return to today, November 7th of 2023? You could now live today all over again. How would you do it differently? Would you find a way to make it special or memorable? Would you make sure that you told family members how much you loved them? Would you check off a bucket list item? Would you go out of your way to have a meaningful conversation or be especially kind?
Joe’s Perspective: The average human will live 80 years. That’s 29,200 days. It sure sounds like a lot of days. At the age of 54, I have used up 19,710 of those days. I wonder how many of those days I wasted by going through the motions or taking things for granted. Mathematically, the number must be in the thousands. How about you? How many days have you wasted? How many did you make truly memorable? And, the bottom line is that you can’t do anything about those days. They are gone, never to be lived again. The question is, how do you live the remainder of your days? I hope it is with purpose and enthusiasm… joy and laughter… determination and integrity… love and friendship…
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I think it makes sense because you need to be able to live every day to the fullest
I think this blog is very well explained and has a point because we should be living everyday to the fullest, not wishing we would’ve done something else.
My thoughts on this blog are that I 100% agree with Joe and how we should be living with purpose, enthusiasm, joy, determination, integrity, love, and friendship. I feel we shouldn’t take life for granted and not go through the motions everyday.
I think it is a good way to understand how you should make the most out of your days and how each day should be meaningful
This is good advice on how to make your life memorable.
My thoughts are that this is very wholesome and that I believe that every word he said is the truth and I would live my life like I had nothing left
I thought it was a more deeper topic. It showed us to live every day to its fullest, and to have gratitude that we’re on this Earth on this beautiful day. We need to take every moment of it in and be positive.
I appreciate this blog because to anyone who questions their days and what they’ve done, this helped me understand that life is about living it to the fullest and I hope many other people see this video and smile on how well they are doing.
I would try to make today memorable by spending it with my friends and family.
I agree. I think that it is important to live every day likes it’s your last and live it to the fullest.
You should live every day to the fullest
It’s scary to think that someday it’ll come to an end
We are wasting our time if we aren’t living for purpose. No purpose leads to missed opportunities
I thought today’s blog was interesting. I think most of us don’t appreciate our lives nearly enough and take each day for granted. This article helped remind myself to appreciate life itself more
I think this is a good example of living your life to the fullest and remembering to cherish the moments you have on earth and with loved ones and friends
I think this is a good example of living your life like it’s your last day everyday and remembering to cherish the moments you have on earth and with loved ones and friends. instead of hanging your head on something you did wrong and having that ruin your day we just need to learn from it and move on and solve what we did wrong.
To make sure you focus on the now
To make sure you focus on the now and not the past
I think it means To make sure you focus on the now and not the past
I think it means To make sure you focus on the now and not the past. And to just be yourself.
I think it was impactful to show that a little change in our perspective is sometimes needed to best fulfill our purpose through our different situations.
It really open your eyes to the fact that you only live once. It tells you that you shouldn’t take things for granted and to always be kind.
I want to live the rest of my days loving the people I love doing the things I love and helping others know God
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I like this blog because I feel like most kids go through the motions everyday, “Alarm, breakfast, school, lunch, more school, practice, homework, dinner, TV, bedtime”. I definitely think that we need to make these days memorable and ha
I like this blog because I feel like most kids go through the motions everyday, “Alarm, breakfast, school, lunch, more school, practice, homework, dinner, TV, bedtime”. I definitely think that we need to make these days memorable and appreciate life
The video talked about taking advantage of every opportunity so now I will
I think it makes me think not to take things for granted and to also think of one thing that you can accomplish on day and accomplish it and move day by day
This video reminds you to not waste a day away.
I thought this video gives me a different perspective on how to approach everyday. It inspires me to value my days and do important and productive things with the time I have
I thought this video gives me a different perspective on how to approach everyday. It inspires me to value my days and do important and productive things with the time I have
It makes me realize how much time I have wasted on things.
This is a good lesson because you should live everyday to the fullest