What is it that's going to truly fulfill you?
What is it that's going to give you that extraordinary life?
What's going to make things magnificent, on your terms,
not somebody else's terms,
not your father, your mother, your background?
What is that, really?
What if you live your whole life
only to discover
that it was wrong
that you were chosen to do something else.
and you didn't do it.
It is not the things we do in life
that we regret on our deathbed.
It is the things we do not
because I assure you
I've done a lot of really stupid things.
And none of them bother me
all the mistakes and all the dopey things.
And all the times I was embarrassed.
They don't matter.
Last August, I was told that
that I had three to six months left to live.
Wow! So you're really beating the Grim Reaper.
We don't beat the Reaper by living longer.
We beat the Reaper by living well.
And living fully
for the Reaper will come for all of us.
The question is what do we do between
the time we're born and the time he shows up,
because when he shows up.
It's too late to do all the things
that you always gonna kind of get around to
as you are responsible for your life.
And if you're sitting around waiting
on somebody to save you, to fix you,
to even help you,
you are wasting your time because only you
have the power to take responsibility
to move your life forward
And the sooner you get that
the sooner your life gets into gear
What matters is now this moment
and your willingness to see this moment
for what it is, accept it
forgive the past,
take responsibility and move forward.
Because in the end,
none of us have very long on this Earth.
Life is fleeting.
And if you're ever distressed,
cast your eyes to the summer sky
when the stars are strung across the velvety night.
And when a shooting star streaks through the blackness,
turning night into day...
make a wish
and think of me.
Make your life spectacular.