http://blog.jvf.com/2009/10/14/inspiration-life-is-too-short/ Achieving Fast Results through Powerful Communication Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:56:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blog.jvf.com/2009/10/14/inspiration-life-is-too-short/comment-page-1/#comment-2843 Live Like You Were Dying | Overnight Sensation - Public Speaking, Communication and Personal Development Tue, 09 Nov 2010 02:50:31 +0000 http://blog.jvf.com/?p=876#comment-2843 [...] Life is too short and we never know when the final chapter of our lives will come to a close. Some of us are fortunate to have some advanced warning that our days are numbered while others depart completely unexpected. If you find yourself in the first group, there is a silver lining to that cloud. There’s a song by Tim McGraw called “Live Like You Were Dying.” It’s about a guy with a friend who finds out his days are numbered and chooses to use it as an opportunity to really live. Rather than sulk and spend his remaining days depressed, the man in this song pushes life to its limit. As the chorus begins “I went sky diving. I went Rocky Mountain climbing. I spent 2.7 seconds, on a bull named Fu Man Chu.” Most of us would never consider doing such activities out of fear of getting hurt, getting permanently disabled or even dying. Of course, when you’ve been given only weeks or months to live, these consequences seem like less of a concern. [...] [...] Life is too short and we never know when the final chapter of our lives will come to a close. Some of us are fortunate to have some advanced warning that our days are numbered while others depart completely unexpected. If you find yourself in the first group, there is a silver lining to that cloud. There’s a song by Tim McGraw called “Live Like You Were Dying.” It’s about a guy with a friend who finds out his days are numbered and chooses to use it as an opportunity to really live. Rather than sulk and spend his remaining days depressed, the man in this song pushes life to its limit. As the chorus begins “I went sky diving. I went Rocky Mountain climbing. I spent 2.7 seconds, on a bull named Fu Man Chu.” Most of us would never consider doing such activities out of fear of getting hurt, getting permanently disabled or even dying. Of course, when you’ve been given only weeks or months to live, these consequences seem like less of a concern. [...]

]]> http://blog.jvf.com/2009/10/14/inspiration-life-is-too-short/comment-page-1/#comment-2631 A Sobering Reminder of What’s Important in Life | Overnight Sensation - Public Speaking, Communication and Personal Development Wed, 23 Jun 2010 23:04:21 +0000 http://blog.jvf.com/?p=876#comment-2631 [...] This morning an eight year-old girl passed away from a rare form of cancer. I learned about it through Twitter – many of my friends on Twitter were following the story of this young girl and re-tweeted the note that she had passed on. My heart goes out to her family – I can’t even begin to fathom what they are going through (and have been going through). But it’s a sobering reminder that life is a gift and can be taken away at any time. [...] [...] This morning an eight year-old girl passed away from a rare form of cancer. I learned about it through Twitter – many of my friends on Twitter were following the story of this young girl and re-tweeted the note that she had passed on. My heart goes out to her family – I can’t even begin to fathom what they are going through (and have been going through). But it’s a sobering reminder that life is a gift and can be taken away at any time. [...]

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