I was thinking through songs that tickled by philosophic thoughts, and I remember an episode of The Voice from a few months ago. This guy Patrick Thomas was singing “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw (which I’m sure everyone has heard.) He was excellent, by the way –perfect country voice. Anyhoo, I started thinking about the song’s lyrics. For example, “I was in my early forties, with a lot of life before me.” I realized that I really do not want to be one of those people who lead a simple, safe life without taking any risks. I’m not saying I want to be a daredevil who does whatever the heck they want, but I want a wealth of knowledge and experiences in my life.
To me, to live like you are dying means living completely in the moment, like you could die at any second so you do everything you had ever imagined. In the song, the man says:
I went sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing,
I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu.
And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter,
And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying.
An' he said: "Some day, I hope you get the chance,
To live like you were dyin'."
These were all the things that were on his bucket list. For me, I definitely want to do a lot before I die, but I am afraid I will wait until it’s too late to do a lot of it. Or maybe I’ll suddenly die one day before I am able to do some of these things. That is why I think you should do whatever it is that you want to do as soon as you possibly can. I realized that I no longer want to go into English/Education because I would be settling in a career that I am not truly passionate about. I like it, yes, but it doesn’t, I don’t know, complete me or anything. So I then went back onto all my college applications and changed my major to Animal Biology/Zoology. I think it is something that will satisfy me and be fulfilling. So I am going to live like I am dying! I just hope I’m not…
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