Dr. Anthony Campalo tells about a sociological study in which fifty people over the age of ninety-five were asked one question:
“If you could live your life all over again, what would you do differently?”
It was an open ended question, and a multiplicity of answers constantly reemerged and dominated the results of the study. These were three answers:
- If I had to do it over again, I would REFLECT more.
- If I had to do it over again, I would RISK more.
- If I had to do it over again, I would DO MORE things that would live on after I am dead.
Now, why wait until we are ninety-five to be asked that question? Why not ask ourselves that question NOW?
What would your answer be?
Me first. If only I could turn the clock back by just 20 years and live my life over again, I would PROCASTINATE LESS, DO MORE and RISK MORE.
To Pak Lah, who is going to make the announcement of his life tomorrow, “If you could live 2004 all over again, what would you do differently?”
Consider the above food for your thoughts for today. Carpe Diem.
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