If I Had…One Month to Live
Of course, the off the cuff answer would be to focus on my family and love them more. But then that makes me come face to face with the question “why is that one-month-to-live goal and not a life goal?” I think this challenge or questions is a complicated one and deserves more than a trite answer.
Honestly, if I had one month to live I’d quit cleaning the house, hire a maid to clean and do laundry, order out every single night and slack on the parenting skills. I’d want my last month to be a stress free as possible. I’d want to really enjoy my family, maybe read a couple of good books, and probably not even work on my novel.
But how realistic is that, really? Although I first approached this assignment from the perspective of trying to live my life every day as if I had one month to live, it’s not really realistic. On a certain spiritual level it is and I’m sure there’ll be plenty of blog posts out there aiming to live a life of love and compassion to others in the month left, but in reality I can’t live my everyday life as if I had one month to live.
If I did my thoughts would not be on future goals and dreams which I believe are just as important as daily goals and dreams. If I lived my life like I had only 30 days to live, life would be extremely different and I’m not sure it would be that much better.
Sure, I whole-heartily believe we should act and love each other as if this was our last day on earth, but how easy is that to do? Not easy at all. If I was able to do it, then I’d never yell at my kids, and I’d treat my husband with kindness and respect all the time. Realistic…nope! But definitely something we should aim for.
Just because I don’t know when my time will come doesn’t mean I shouldn’t strive to treat people like it will be my last 30 days. I think that’s the heart behind this challenge, though I haven’t read the book that inspired it. No, I’m nowhere near perfect, and I sin in attitude and deed daily, and I will never be perfect until I am with Jesus, but we can look to Jesus’ example. We can try to be like him. Someone who lived like he only had 30 years to live.
I just had a light bulb moment on this subject, but since I know my 90 seconds is up, I’ll post tomorrow. Please come back. You won’t want to miss it!
