Stop wasting time!

I remember once saying out loud “I cant wait for tomorrow” and my dad looked at me and said “what if tomorrow was your last day”. I was in my early twenties, and couldn’t believe my dad would tell his third and last child, she might not see tomorrow. But, yes, what if tomorrow was your last day? Would we be so quick to waste today?

Each and every one of us has experienced a death; whether it was a classmate, a friend’s cousin, a family member and even a celebrity we have come to consider a close pal; we know death. Our reaction to each of these circumstances differ as they should but too many of us dare ask why, or how come so soon. Do we hear ourselves. I am not going to lie, the thought of losing someone close to me scares me to death, no pun intended but it is that same fear that is allowing me to think less about the “what if” and more about “how to”. You have an idea brewing for some time now, well do not wait for when you become financially stable to start it, work on it NOW. You want to go back to school, start it NOW. You want to pick up that phone and text a friend what they mean to you, send the text NOW. Tomorrow is not promised and the only sure thing in life is death.

It is ok to wonder about tomorrow; it is the unknown. It is not ok to harbor such fear that we sell ourselves short of our potential. You will never have enough money to start your business, enough maternal skills to start a family, enough pages written to sell the book idea. Nothing will ever be enough or perfect to start. Last spring, I was at my brother's house waiting for my credentialing for work to finalize but I found myself just writing topics down, thoughts and experiences I wanted to share but did not know how or when. One day I looked at my notes and had pages of stories burning to be shared and read. Whether it would one person or thousand touched by what I felt was not "worthy enough" to be broadcasted, I knew it would be selfish of me to not put it out there. So this is how I gave birth to this blog - Journey. I shut down my fears, my desires and from conception, design, the legwork for this was so smooth, that is when I knew my Journey was meant to be published. No more waiting. If it scares you, buckle down; you are on the right path.

Before we expire, there are books to be written and read, buildings to be designed and constructed, lives to be touched and inspired. Whenever I am afraid to start a project or work on an idea, I think about the youngest healthy, full of life person I know who have “gone too soon”. I am sure they thought they had years to bloom. We do ourselves a disservice by waiting for our day to come. In that case, death is really robbing us; robbing the world of the full potential we would have soared to if we lived tomorrow as what it was, NOT promised.

Ne laissez jamais a demain ce que vous pouvez faire aujourd’hui.

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