Daily Question, August 31 How would I live this day, if I thought it might be my last? 53 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Malag1 year agoMalagI would teeter between appreciating every last moment and grasping on to try and hold each moment. Very bitter sweet. 3 Reply Sarah1 year agoSarahI would throw a big party with everyone that I love. I would tell them how much I love them and tell them how much they have meant to me. I’d have a conversation to God or the Universe and ask for peace at this hard time. I’d be grateful that I have been so lucky to have such a blessed life and have met so many wonderful people. 2 Reply Sajana1 year agoSajanaI would fly to jamaica and swim in the ocean at couples swept away in negril. I would tell everyone I knew I loved them. I would tell everyone what I’ve always knows and been criticized for. Land harder. Always show compassion even in the face of hardship, disharmony and cruelty. I would dance with abandon to all my favorite songs. I would sip my favorite wine. I would feel the brush of nature on my face. 5 Reply Kevin1 year agoKevinAmen to that! 2 Reply Dusty Su1 year agoDusty Su“I’d be delighted!” My main concern would be to leave messages of love. Though, I do have a private Facebook page called, “Dusty Does Death Deliciously!” So, when I die or am in the process of dying, it will be made public. I am working on filling it with messages of joy, hope, love, and gratitude. It has my YouTube song list, wishes for how I want everyone to view my graduation. I died in 2004, alone, in a foreign country, abandoned, with half my blood left in my body. I was in one ...“I’d be delighted!” My main concern would be to leave messages of love. Though, I do have a private Facebook page called, “Dusty Does Death Deliciously!” So, when I die or am in the process of dying, it will be made public. I am working on filling it with messages of joy, hope, love, and gratitude. It has my YouTube song list, wishes for how I want everyone to view my graduation. I died in 2004, alone, in a foreign country, abandoned, with half my blood left in my body. I was in one of the worst circumstances in my life. Dying was the easy part. I was so angry to be sent back. Living was the hard part. But I knew I had to truly live until I died again. Race, religion, culture, gender, economics often divide us, but in the place I went, we were one, we were deeply loved, and were perfect as divine love at our core being. Dying was one of the best events of my life. My uncle died recently. As his family gathered, his son asked him, “What if you knew this was your last night? How would you be?” My uncle smiled serenely and said, “I’d be delighted!” If this was my last day, I’d be sad to leave my loved ones, and all that life has held for me, but I would be “DELIGHTED” too. Read More4 Reply Mica1 year agoMicaWow – what an experience, Dusty Su! I’ve saved your words in my gratefulness file. Thank you (✿◡‿◡) 1 Reply Dusty Su1 year agoDusty SuMica, thank you! Very kind of you. It’s an odd thing to say, but dying was one of my life highlights. It was that good. 3 Reply Mica1 year agoMicaIt sounds good and is comforting to me, who have not yet died! 1 Reply Dusty Su1 year agoDusty SuI’ve worked a lot with people in end of life. They have the grace for dying when they arrive at it, usually. The body does the work for them as it shuts down and the spirit becomes stronger. I have met a lot of people who have died and survived it. They tell of similar tales. 2 Reply Hot Sauce1 year agoHot SauceWell, I probably won't get to live that way since I've got school to focus on now; however, if it really was my last day, and I knew I was gonna die at midnight, I would quickly write a research paper on forgiveness and a research paper on UFO/alien encounters and their mystical elements and ask my parents to try to get them published in a peer-reviewed journal before my death. I would also say goodbye to the loved ones I would be about to leave behind and maybe spend some time praying for Spiri...Well, I probably won’t get to live that way since I’ve got school to focus on now; however, if it really was my last day, and I knew I was gonna die at midnight, I would quickly write a research paper on forgiveness and a research paper on UFO/alien encounters and their mystical elements and ask my parents to try to get them published in a peer-reviewed journal before my death. I would also say goodbye to the loved ones I would be about to leave behind and maybe spend some time praying for Spirit to show me if there’s anything else I should do before I head Home. Read More3 Reply Melissa1 year agoMelissaI would want to be with all my family, friends and husband that I cherish. Which would be impossible due to everyone living far away. So I would love my husband and gaze at the ocean and hope that I would join the river of love.. stars in the sky of the milky way with all who went before me. Including my dogs that have died of old age. Somehow our essence of humanness melt together in love. 2 Reply Don Jones1 year agoDon JonesOh what a wonderful day that will be. I call it Return to Source Day. I want to lean into it to experience it as fully as I can. I would like candles around me, some of my favourite scents – roses, sandalwood and camphor wood, music. I want to see the knot between body, mind and life energy untied. The body back to the beautiful earth that has been home in this dimension. And as I exit, I would love a thunder clap! What a wonderful experience this has been. So grateful! 2 Reply Carol1 year agoCarolI'm not afraid of death because I know it is inevitable but I do fear the act of dying. Any one who has experienced difficulty breathing can relate. That said. The question prompts thoughts of legacy. Am I living a life that enriches myself and others? I wrote this poem in 2012. I want to die Awake I want to let death be, not fight or try to flee life’s final invitation. Perhaps, death is a birth, a trickster’s brand of mirth a grand initiation Perhaps, it truly ends al...I’m not afraid of death because I know it is inevitable but I do fear the act of dying. Any one who has experienced difficulty breathing can relate. That said. The question prompts thoughts of legacy. Am I living a life that enriches myself and others? I wrote this poem in 2012. I want to die Awake I want to let death be, not fight or try to flee life’s final invitation. Perhaps, death is a birth, a trickster’s brand of mirth a grand initiation Perhaps, it truly ends all memories and friends beyond all restoration. But can awareness die? The meaning of the why? The hope of all creation? Or will it rise again in family and friends a fruitful demonstration. Our lives cry out “Awake!” “Before the reaper rides!” I want to die awake. Read More8 Reply Dusty Su1 year agoDusty SuSuch a great poem, thank you for sharing it with us Carol. 1 Reply Linda1 year agoLindaI would call or write every friend and family member thanking them for all they meant to me over my lifetime. 3 Reply Debra1 year agoDebraBeing of good health, I would sing. I would dance. I would swim through cool spring waters. I would love abundantly. 5 Reply eliza1 year agoelizai would post out letters to those i love with seeds in for them to plant i would sit with my cat on my lap and look out to sea and try not to be afraid.- 4 Reply Michele1 year agoMicheleIf I thought today was my last day I would want to spend it with my children if possible. 3 Reply Zenith1 year agoZenithI would contact my kids to spend time with them. I would go to the West Coast to spend the day there to watch the sunset. Actually my heart’s desire is to breathe my last breath on a beach at sunset. I have been ready to pass for years so I have thought alot about this. 3 Reply Arleen1 year agoArleenI think I would try everything I could to avoid it. And keep praying for it to not be so. I have feared death for most of my life. So it only stands to reason that I would fight it rather than accept it. 2 Reply devy1 year agodevyI had previously written and answer about going to Ireland and apologizing to those I've wronged. But a second reflection took me elsewhere. I honestly must admit that death is an issue that I am currently trying to address. I fear it. .. As usual in the past my anxiety was fueled by the unknown and worse scenarios or what if's. I have also lived though depression, for what has happened in the past. I have reframed my thinking to living in the present. Why do I fear death? I'm trying to dig mor...I had previously written and answer about going to Ireland and apologizing to those I’ve wronged. But a second reflection took me elsewhere. I honestly must admit that death is an issue that I am currently trying to address. I fear it. .. As usual in the past my anxiety was fueled by the unknown and worse scenarios or what if’s. I have also lived though depression, for what has happened in the past. I have reframed my thinking to living in the present. Why do I fear death? I’m trying to dig more into my spiritual beliefs and ask if there is something just as good or better or after. After years of mental torment and anguish, I have finally reached a point in living where I love my life, I love what I have, I love my wife and I fear that if I move on I will lose everything.. Honestly, I would rather die quickly and not know that my time is going. An ongoing project to reflect and develop Read More3 Reply Ed Schulte1 year agoEd SchulteLaughing at the thought” or “last” 3 Reply Papilio1 year agoPapilioI’d feed my dog and take a walk as I do every morning. Then I do gardening once more. Since one day is too short to clean and organize anything physical, I’d grab a cup of coffee and reflect on my life while sitting on the porch and looking at the garden. 3 Reply Carla1 year agoCarla(I too wondered how there’s so many responses during dawn hours Central Time). I’d take a vacation day off from work & finish planting next year’s flowers. I’d walk to the nearby lake, enjoying its beauty & loudly sing spontaneous songs of gratitude. 2 Reply Howie Geib1 year agoHowie GeibNaked I came in, naked I go out. In this sense, I would begin shedding everything between me and the present…let go of anything in the way of being truly here now and that would likely be some things needed to be said, in any way available. I want the ‘in box’ empty when I go. No loose ends. 3 Reply 1 2 3 Next » My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. DONATE https://gratefulness.org/content/uploads/2015/03/GX-Gold-Participant-L.png Community Engagement Guidelines Privacy Policy [email protected] Connect with us on Social Media: © 2000 - 2021, A Network for Grateful Living Website by Briteweb
