A Writing Request from Life_InterludesTime. It seems that everyone constantly has time on their minds. None probably more so than me. I have looked back and considered, "Did I make the right choices?" I'm sure most everyone would take the chance in a heartbeat if they were given the chance to go back in time and do it all over again. I know I would. I know there are so many things I would do differently.
The other night I borrowed a DVD from my aunt. It's a movie that I've been wanting to see for a long time. "Last Holiday" starring Queen Latifah, is a flick about an average woman that discovers that she has a rare disease and only has 3 weeks to live. So she quits her job, cleans out her accounts and cashes her bonds, and travels and does the things that she'd always wanted to do but never had the chance to.
There is also a country song by Tim McGraw called "Live Like You Were Dying."
He said: "I was in my early forties,
"With a lot of life before me,
"An' a moment came that stopped me on a dime.
"I spent most of the next days,
"Looking at the x-rays,
"An' talking 'bout the options an' talkin’ ‘bout sweet time."
I asked him when it sank in,
That this might really be the real end?
How’s it hit you when you get that kind of news?
Man whatcha do?
An' he said: "I went sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing,
"I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu.
"And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter,
"And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying."
An' he said: "Some day, I hope you get the chance,
"To live like you were dyin'."
He said "I was finally the husband,
"That most the time I wasn’t.
"An' I became a friend a friend would like to have.
"And all of a sudden goin' fishin’,
"Wasn’t such an imposition,
"And I went three times that year I lost my Dad.
"Well, I finally read the Good Book,
"And I took a good long hard look,
"At what I'd do if I could do it all again,
"And then:
"I went sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing,
"I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu.
"And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter,
"And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying."
An' he said: "Some day, I hope you get the chance,
"To live like you were dyin'."
Like tomorrow was a gift,
And you got eternity,
To think about what you’d do with it.
An' what did you do with it?
An' what can I do with it?
An' what would I do with it?
"Sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing,
"I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu.
"And then I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter,
"And I watched Blue Eagle as it was flyin'."
An' he said: "Some day, I hope you get the chance,
"To live like you were dyin'."
Ever since I saw that movie and heard that song, it makes me think about time, and the fact that we really don't have all that much of it. We should use what we have to the best of our ability, or as those ancient Greeks would say, "Carpe Diem," or "Seize the Day."
Comments (4)
I frequently seize the day... and it promptly turns around and punches me in the nose!
Seriously, great blog!