Death – Page 12 – Disney Leadership Keynote Speaker

Midlife Celebration is on Amazon and Kindle

(photo: Shipped 16 copies yesterday… a buy one, get three free website offer… a deal Amazon doesn’t offer.)

Midlife Celebration is on Amazon and Kindle and no one cares. Only authors know the reality – being published as one of the ten-million-plus books on Amazon means nothing – to anyone – except maybe your parents.

Marketing is the key to scaling the wall of popularity, of importance. Well, that and having a compelling message.

Anything more compelling than not being afraid of death?

PS. It takes a ~~life~~ long time to become an overnight success.

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Is this the type of attitude that means everything?

(photo: Constantly remind ourselves not to judge because we are not in their shoes)

Most of us will not be consciously aware of the transformational change that a wakeup call potentially brings.

If we ever thought about preparing to die… getting all our affairs in order so we can do and say the things we feel are most important… any form of ulterior motive is mute.

None of those motives matter, because death is around the corner.

Who cares about material things, or titles, etc?

No one who is counting their days.

If we could live like that without a sense of eminent death, how glorious would that be?

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The harsh reality of death and a busy world

Morning clouds off Sanibel Island

(photo: Sunrise on the morning after Cooper’s departure)

The harsh reality of death and a busy world.

Bad things happen in two major catatogies:

Expected
Unexpected

We expect very old people to die.

We do not expect very young people to die.

While death is difficult, it is especially difficult when it’s unexpected.

We all know this.

The best defense, and perhaps the only defense, is to live like you mean it.

To not waste a single day.

Not one.

We know this.

But do we actually do it?

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Every single day brings the opportunity for the freshness of perspective

Obituary — Stunned by the news. Al was only 53, with a wife and three child under 15.

Freshness of perspective?

What would it feel like to have three overwhelming events happen on the same day?:

neighbor says her 22-year old daughter thought Mid Life Celebration (your book) was ‘fantastic’!
email sharing that 53-year old father of your child’s classmates just passed away
a colleague bestows generosity and kindness beyond amazing

All unexpected.

All powerful.

All emotional.

All reminding us of life’s beauty and life’s harsh reality.

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Yes, some people will not like us for it

Florida wildflower field — Ashes to ashes, dust to dust

When are we gonna finally live full on?

No more holding back on what we really want to do?

When?

Knowing we are going to die is the best incentive to start living full on – authentically.

Yes, some people will not like us for it.

And others will be cheering for us – and smiling – (and thinking, so glad she finally let go of her fear).

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