The band Nickelback has a song out called "If Today Was Your Last Day". And as you can guess from the title it pushes on wondering about our lives. If today was your end date; your expiration date; your sell-by date; if today was the day you were going to die ... what would you say about your life? About the hyphen that is between:
Born on - Died on
Well today was the last day for a cousin of mine. He was 29 and he died today. Don't know why or how yet. But I was close to him. And it made me feel cold and the winds are bitter today. It made me look a little deeper into what I'm doing with my hyphen. He was young ... but we are all young until we're not. He was strong ... but we are all strong until we're not. He was full of life ... but we are all full of life until we're not.
Being close to someone who has no more days left to make changes: No more days to do something amazing: No more days to create a brilliant hyphen is a very powerful experience.
So the question I ask you:
"What did you do today; this week; this month; this year; that made your hyphen more brilliant?"
If you really can't answer that, then I challenge you to do something about it tomorrow. Get mad, get angry, get passionate ... do something brilliant before the day that comes when today is your last day.
See you on the wire
- Steven Cardinale
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