For the past 33 years,I've looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself:"If today were the last day of my life,would I want to do what I am about to do today?"And whenever the answer has been "NO"for too many days in a row ,I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.Because almost everything-all external expectations,all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure-these things just fall away in the face of death,leaving only what is truly important.
Remebering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.You are already naked.There is no reason not to follow your heart.
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer.Ihad a scan at 7:30in the morning,and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas.I didn't even know what a pancreas was.The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable,and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months.
My doctor advise me to go home and get my affairs in order,which is doctor's code for prepare to die,It means to try and tell your kids everything.You thouoght you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family.
It means to say your goodbyes.
过去的33年里，每天早晨我看着镜子里的自己问我自己：“如果今天是我生命中的最后一天，我将要去做的那些事情是我今天想去做的吗？”不管何时连续几次回答都是“不”，我知道我需要改变一下了。
记住我将要死去是我一种重要的工具在我曾经遭遇帮助我做出的重大选择在我生命中，因为几乎所有的事情-所有的外部预想，所有的骄傲自豪，所有的恐惧，所有的来自失败的难堪-——这些事情面对死亡都会烟消云散，去除这些剩下的才是真正重要的事情。
记住你将会死去是最好的方法我知道避免思想陷阱丢掉你有的一些事情。你已经一无所有，那将没有理由不去追随你的心了。
一年之前，我被诊断出得了癌症。早晨7.30的时候我拿到了扫描，上面清楚的显示了我胰脏的肿瘤，在这之前我从来不知道胰脏是什么样子。医生告诉我这种类新的癌症是没有治愈可能的。我预计有三到六个月的生命。
我的医生建议我回家安排好后事，这是医生法规对于快要死的人准备。这意味着你要去努力并且告诉你的孩子所有的一切。你以为你有下一个十年的时间告诉他们的事情在这几个月里告诉他们。这意味要确定每件事情是顺利安排好的，以便这件事对你家庭来说尽可能容易一些。
这将意味着你将永别了。
如果今天是我最后的一天，这是一个严肃的问题，我问了自己很多遍，虽然我的回答也是不，但是我却想不到自己要做的事情是什么。
我不喜欢今天的这个话题，每一天都当成自己的最后一天过，虽然很激励，但是我不喜欢这种感觉，我的感情是抗拒的，就目前来看，我没有办法让自己的情绪接受这样的暗示。我有我自己的生活，我应该按照自己的生活来过。
