Kobe Bryant died yesterday. In a helicopter crash. With his daughter, her teammate and friends. When they got up yesterday, they had no idea that it would be the last morning they would be alive. The world was rocked by the news and the loss of someone so extraordinary. As a wife and mother, I cannot imagine how their family must feel today and for everyday to come.
My friend died Saturday. Surrounded by her family. Without a chance to tell them how she felt or for them to say goodbye to each other. She slipped into a coma a week before, unprepared. She had been fighting for her life for over a year. She was doing better. She was waiting for a transplant. She was so unbelievably excited to see her Chief’s win the Super Bowl this Sunday. She was making plans for her life. She died still, even with all of the hope and plans. She will never get to live those dreams.
Tomorrow is a procrastinators dream. Tomorrow is a word we use to let ourselves and the world know when. When what, you ask? When EVERYTHING is going to happen. When we will start a new business, job, relationship, workout, diet, book, non-profit, pregnancy, divorce, find our purpose, learn to love ourselves for who we are, take the trip, buy the house, or begin to live the life we were meant to. See, tomorrow is a tricky thing. Tomorrow is so close we can taste it. It is achievable in our minds. It is only a small step away from today; not so far that we have to admit we won’t do the thing, but it’s also not RIGHT NOW! It allows us time to put off the hard things, the things we are scared of.
Here is our issue, we believe time is eternal. Sure we know we are going to die; SOMEDAY. But for most of us, someday means someday far away. Y’all, it really could be TODAY! We have no idea when we will take our last breath. Those who are faced with their own mortality seem to take this more seriously. They do everything in their power to LIVE their life because they have no idea how long that is. We should take a cue from them. Everyday we get is a gift. Every moment we get to spend with the people we love should be cherished. YES, even the mornings, like this morning, when I could not get my daughter to get shoes on and we were late for school. There is joy in the moments we are together. There is energy and hope and love.
I have been thinking about my friend a lot since Saturday. She will never get the chance to live the dreams she had. It makes me so sad to know her dreams died with her. She fought so hard and lost. Are you fighting? Are you fighting for yourself? Or are you allowing life to hand you what it wants? Is this the way life is for you? It is all you are allowed? I refuse to believe that. If today was my last tomorrow, I want to know with confidence that I lived every moment of it living my best life. We owe it to ourselves and the people we love to stop saying tomorrow.
We only get one go round here. We get one change to be the person we were created to be. One chance to do it right. It is never too late to begin. EVER! If it is in your heart, you should make it your mission to share that with the world. It is there for a reason. I believe I was put here to help others. There is no doubt in my mind that is why I was created. Every hard thing I have been through is to prepare me for this. Even though it is scary to share with you in this blog or put myself out there everyday with quotes and videos, I believe I was created to do it. It is my responsibility and honor to pursue my purpose, TODAY!
You can start living your life TODAY. In fact, I encourage that. Ask yourself what you need to be happy, and then do it. Don’t wait for the right time. As the last 2 days have shown me, the right time is right now because that is all we are guaranteed.
Motormouth Mombie 