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I have a confession to make: For some reason, I've been reading obituaries on a regular basis these days. Not sure why. I guess, like most human beings, as we get to the half-time point of our lives, we connect to our mortality and realize that – no matter how long we live – our days are numbered. You might think that connecting to the fact that one day you will die is a depressing thing to consider. To me it's just the opposite – connecting to my mortality breathes more life into my days. It energizes me. It makes me want to give my best, seize every opportunity that crosses my path and stand for something higher.
What I want to encourage you to consider, more than anything else, over the next 30 days is this: “What will be your legacy?” What will be the footprint that you will leave behind to show the generations who will follow you that you have walked the planet? What will be your mark?
I read obituaries to teach me more about what a well-lived life looks like. I learn what to do from the good ones and what to avoid from the not so great ones. Too many people don't really get what life's all about until they are just about to die. I don't want to be one of them. And my guess is neither do you.