A celebration of life

This morning I attended the celebration of life of an amazing forty-one-year-old woman who had the most grace-filled and eloquent nine-year battle with cancer.  She has a wonderful husband and three amazing kids!  She also leaves behind an amazing legacy of love and how to really live each day to the fullest!  Her passing has rocked me at my core! It has forced me to really question how I am showing up to this dance called life?  Am I thriving or am I surviving? Am I fully awake, aware, eyes wide open or am I asleep at the wheel?  Did I make a difference to someone or something outside of myself today?  Did I show up or did I shut down? Will it matter that I was here?  What legacy am I leaving? 

In the words of Buddha, the trouble is you think you have time!  If you are privileged enough to live to the average life expectancy of 80 years…..that is only 29,200 days, 4,160 weeks, 960 months, 80 birthdays, holidays, summers, falls, winters!  What are you doing with the time you have left? What ways are you contributing to the collect good? What legacy are you leaving behind? Stand in the power of really LIVING out every single day you have here. Do something every day that lights your soul on fire!