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What If You Died Right Now?
A powerful, stoic reminder: you can’t afford to wait.
In Meditations — a Moleskine that a famous stoic and Roman emperor kept with notes for himself — Marcus Aurelius writes, “You could leave life right now. Let that determine what you do and say and think.”
I’ve read the book more than five times now. And every time I read those two sentences, I go deep into thought.
I ask myself, “What if I died right now?”
How much would I leave undone? What would I regret?
And most importantly, What would I wish I had done so far?
It’s a powerful question to bring perspective into your life.
Of course, if that did happen — I wouldn’t get the option to think or regret anything (which I consider a good thing).
But since I am alive, it’s an excellent exercise to do to reflect on your life and see how many of the essential things you plan to do; you delay doing.
It doesn’t make sense to postpone anything. You should do the important things you aspire to do right now. You can’t afford to wait.
