If I Had 24 Hours to Live

If you had in fact 24 hours to live and knew for a fact that you would be leaving this earth would you be happy with the life you've lived? I think that I do take my life for granted, and so do many others. I have so many dreams, and I don't want to think they're illusions of grandeur. There are always excuses to why we didn't do something, or how we couldn't accomplish our goals. There is always that one thing that we wished we could have done.

When people are on their death beds wishing that they would have spend more time with their families, or wishing that they would have spent more time being happy and living, instead of being angry and complaining.

Life is a gift. We never give life a second thought until we are faced with the reality of death. We treat life as if we have an endless amount of days to walk the earth. We are always asking for more time, but how much do we actually need? I've seen a lot of people that have this problem. They go through life getting by. The people that drift by never taking control of the experiences and opportunities that life has to offer. People have to believe in themselves, and push through the challenges. For some reason we feel like we have all the time in the world to live, but what if we didn't.

Success doesn't just land on your shoulders. I am assuming this is what the drifters are dreaming about as they hover through the earth like a jellyfish. Merely living for years and never really existing. Hard work comes before success. If you want a great life you have to work hard, and have a plan. Once you have a plan, a dream, you have to see yourself doing it.

I don't want to be waiting in the Doctor's office and hear him say, "You only have 24 hours to live," and think," I haven't done all the things I wanted to do before I die."

I am young, yet I think it's too late to accomplish some of my dreams. I have so much ambition, and I dream big. But I know that if I had 24 hours to live I would be upset with myself for not pushing for more, and for not thinking that I am good enough for the challenges. I

would wish that I had spent more time with family. For hours 1-24, I would spend it with my family (family being the people I love the most). If I had all this time to follow challenges, success, and happiness and I didn't do it my whole life I certainly wouldn't start at that point. I wouldn't be selfish and spend my last hours doing things that I could have done my entire life. I would spend it with the people that will dearly miss me when I am gone.

Don't be a drifter, and live to push yourself towards your dreams.