You Are At Lunch Today. The Phone Rings.

Here's a puzzler. It's not meant to be macabre, it's meant to make you think.

Say it's noon and you are enjoying a sandwich. You get a call. You will be dead in 4 hours.

How would you spend your time?

Heavy!

I'd call my family & friends and tell them how thankful I am for them. I tell them how much I love them and appreciate their love for me.

After that, I grab my pooch, and take him for his favorite walk at Fort Funston. We'd stay for the sunset.

Perfect.

Here's this notion. None of us knows when our hour will come. Those of us with health issues, fortunate enough to have to face our own mortality, have had a longer chance to puzzle it over than our friends in their temporary bubbles of immortality.

None of us may be here tomorrow.

Are you proud of this moment? Do those you love know it? Have you let go of regret?

Learn the power of a purposeful present. Be here now.

"If I knew that today would be the last time I’d see you, I would hug you tight and pray the Lord be the keeper of your soul. If I knew that this would be the last time you pass through this door, I’d embrace you, kiss you, and call you back for one more. If I knew that this would be the last time I would hear your voice, I’d take hold of each word to be able to hear it over and over again. If I knew this is the last time I see you, I’d tell you I love you, and would not just assume foolishly you know it already."

~Gabriel Garcia Marquez