I find that the longer I'm alive, the shorter I realize life is. Each day passes faster and faster. Life is funny like that. The phrase "never put off to tomorrow what you can get done today" means that you should always do what you can on a given day. I've come to interpret it in a slightly different way. I believe that you should always do what you are able, while you are able to do it. While that may seem elementary, it holds true. If you are able to make something happen for yourself, do it. If you can do something that will better yourself, then do it. And if there is something that you want to do just to be able to say that you did it, by all means go do it.
I feel like adopting this sort of lifestyle is the most positive thing that you can do to make sure you take advantage of every moment you have. People create a bucket list for things they want to do before they die. But since each day could be your last, why put off to tomorrow what you can do today? I say that people should make a bucket list of things they want to do right now. You want to skydive? Go tomorrow. Want to go to the mountains? Hop in the car and go. Cherish every day, every hour and every moment, because death is simultaneously the most certain and uncertain thing about life.
With the recent tragic deaths of two UNC students, both still teenagers, I hope that everyone around here has adopted this philosophy. When you see stories like that on the news, it seems distant to you, almost as if it happened in another world. But when it happens within your community, to people you know, it feels real and it hits much harder. It serves as an unfortunate remionder that no one is ever promised tomorrow, and that is the cruel reality.
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