Most people say things like, "Some day my day will come", and when they realize they have a limited number of days that is when they really get into action. We don't live lives, we live roles. More people die on Monday morning, have heart attacks on Monday morning, commit suicide on Monday morning than any other day. So we don't like what we are doing. Then as one woman said, " My disease gave me permission." So I can read letter after letter from people saying things like, "I took time to smell the roses", " Oh, you know, I really did put in a rose garden." And these were people who were expecting to die who didn't. Now we all die - but so many people have never lived, and I think that's why the disease becomes a gift. That they really begin to live their life. And as one man said, "There is this stupid cliché, 'Time is money'.” He said, "Time isn't money, time is everything."
And so when you see a limited amount of time you begin, as he said, to spend more time with the things and people you love. If you are reading a page in a book and it isn't important you skip it. And you really begin to focus on that. And at the same time as I said, people will straighten out relationships, quit jobs, move from where they didn't want to live in the first place and then wonder why something nice happened to them physically as well.
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