Mat Boggs: Now, the hard reality is that life is short.
You and I both know this and we don't know how much time we've been given.
None of us are promised any certain amount of time, but what we do know is that most
people, when they're on their deathbed, they're wishing that they had more time, because often
in life it's not the things that we did that we regret, it's the things that we didn't
do.
And here's the challenge, is that life has this way of being hypnotic, doesn't it?
We get into this momentum, we can get into this rut where we're just going through life
doing the same things, but what is it that makes your life extraordinary?
What is it and what will it be that when you get to the end of your life, you will look
back and you say, "Those are the things that made my life fulfilling."
Those are the moments that you're remembering.
I want to take this moment to show you a few things right now, to show you a few things
that we would never say when we get to the end of our life.
Check this out.
I regret going on tubing adventurous with my daughter.
Isabel, are you ready?
Isabel: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Ready?
Isabel: Are you [inaudible 00:01:14].
Speaker 3: 3, 2, 1, go.
Isabel: I love it.
Journaling today was such a waste of time.
I'm really bummed that we're out to a nice dinner with people that I love.
God, being on the mountain snowboarding with my friends just sucks.
I'm sorry I'm having a lazy Saturday morning with the kids.
Isabel: My baby.
I regret waking up early and working out.
I went on way too many dates with my wife.
God, I don't like sunsets at the beach.
Going after my dream and following my passion was a big mistake.
Follow me.
(singing) Now think about this.
What are the things that makes your life extraordinary?
My grandmother had a great saying when we were growing up.
She was one of my mentors.
I love her so much and she's an amazing woman.
At 91, she wrote a book called How to Put a Zip in Your Day.
There was 90 ways to put a zip in your day and all these different things you could do
each day to create more life in your world.
And so she used to have this thing that said an extraordinary life is simply extraordinary
moments strung together, and that she compared life to a pearl necklace and saying, and when
we would hang out and there'd be something amazing that would happen, she would say,
"That's another pearl on my necklace."
So what are those pearls for you?
So you want to ask yourself these questions, ask yourself, how can you seize this day?
How can you shake it up?
How can you create a day that you want to remember?
Because the more days you create like that, the more your soul is going to remember the
journey.
See, I don't believe that you were meant to tiptoe your way safely through life, only
to arrive at your own death.
No, I believe that you were meant to live and live life fully.
I believe that you were meant to be bold and stretch beyond your comfort zones.
I believe you were meant to risk.
I believe you were meant to win and to fail and to tell the tale because you were the
one who was there.
You were the one who was out front and you were the one who went for it.
Howard Thurman said this.
He said, "Don't ask what the world needs, ask what makes you come alive and go do it."
Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.
So what makes you come alive?
Go ahead and post that in the comments section below and go and do it because your life is
meant to be extraordinary.