"You Only Live Once"

E all know that phrase. You only live once. It's kind of intimidating if you think about it. The life you are living, however long, is all you got. You will never be able to relive this moment. Often times, people say "live like you're dying" to go along with this phrase. Recently, I have had a new realization about this particular phrase. See, most people when they hear "live like you're dying," they think this means life as if the world is ending, you know like those people who when they hear one of those conspiracy theories that the end of the world is today, they sell everything they own and stuff and don't leave anything behind. What I have come to realize that a much more accurate way to interpret this would be to live like you know your life isn't endless. You need to realize that your life will end in order to actually do and say the things you want to. Once you know you are limited, you know that time is of the essence and that you might not be able to say "I love you" tomorrow. To live like you are dying is not to say and do things you will regret if you do in fact live on, but to leave things in a way that you would be happy with having it be the last time you did that particular thing. You should leave a meeting with a friend happy, and with a sense of completeness. Don't leave things in a fight or by saying something that would have bad repercussions on your friendship. Live in a way that leaves you with a sense of completeness and so that any given day or meeting leaves you happy and you would be fine with it being your last.

I hope I explained that properly. I'm not always the best at getting my words out. But this is just what of think.

(Please excuse any typos- I typed this on a tablet so autocorrect was going wild)

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