Will you have a story to tell?

We only get one life here. Looking back on it, almost everything will get blurred out. Our lives will be summed up into an obituary that, if we’re lucky, will be longer than a few sentences. What’s it going to say?

Are you proud of yourself? Have you surprised yourself by accomplishing something lately? Have you found a deep connection with a new person lately? Have you enlightened anyone?

How do you introduce yourself to other people? How do you summarize your life in that introduction, and is that occupation the most important occupation that you think a man can have at your stage in life? Otherwise, you should start thinking about why you’re wasting your time doing something that’s not ultimately important.

When you die, and you look down upon this earth as an angel, or as a ghost like patrick swayze, and you have no more effect on the world, and it’s just like watching a TV show.. what will you miss the most? What will you look down on the earth thinking, man if I could just be a living person again, I’d ____? Will you yearn to attend your 9-5 job, or your waitress job, or your college class? Will you wish for one more night watching reality TV? Will you want so badly to walk quietly in the streets with your head down and avoiding eye contact with other people?

Will you second-guess yourself? Will you push that dream off for another more “optimal” day?

Well, will you?