I was at a lacrosse tournament over the weekend and found myself needing to change my shirt. I found a cute tee that had "lacrosse" on the front and on the back it said "How would you play today, if you knew you couldn't tomorrow?" What a great question.
This resonated with me quite deep, not that I ever played a sport, but I know what it means when tomorrow changes everything. Seven years ago I was hit by a drunk driver. I never thought that day was going to change everything. My back will never be the same. One moment has left me with screws, bolts, fused vertebrae and chronic pain.
It is so easy to look back now and say "Damn, I should have gone sky diving or bungie jumping!" So easy to see the things I can no longer do, the abilities that were taken away. So easy to see the negative. When instead my thoughts and focus should be "I'm so grateful for the things I still get to do."
I still get to see my children grow, feel the wind and sun on my face, and fall asleep every night next to the man I love. In that one instant I could have lost everything and everyone. One blink of the eye, one moment in time. Funny how sometimes we have to receive a jolt, to really see how precious our lives really are.
So the question is... what would you do today, if tomorrow you couldn't?
This resonated with me quite deep, not that I ever played a sport, but I know what it means when tomorrow changes everything. Seven years ago I was hit by a drunk driver. I never thought that day was going to change everything. My back will never be the same. One moment has left me with screws, bolts, fused vertebrae and chronic pain.
It is so easy to look back now and say "Damn, I should have gone sky diving or bungie jumping!" So easy to see the things I can no longer do, the abilities that were taken away. So easy to see the negative. When instead my thoughts and focus should be "I'm so grateful for the things I still get to do."
I still get to see my children grow, feel the wind and sun on my face, and fall asleep every night next to the man I love. In that one instant I could have lost everything and everyone. One blink of the eye, one moment in time. Funny how sometimes we have to receive a jolt, to really see how precious our lives really are.
So the question is... what would you do today, if tomorrow you couldn't?
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