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‘Gather ye – rose buds while ye may;

Old Time is still a – flying;

And this same flower that smiles today,

Tomorrow will be dying.’

-Robert Herrick

 

On the 21st of September 2001, I was attending a training programme in Hawaii, USA. That morning, I woke up to hear the news that two aeroplanes directed by Al Qaeda Terrorist Group have crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

A new era of terrorism started.

The world was never the same again.

What brought sadness deep into my heart was that I heard the news directly from New Yorkers. They were my friends and attended the same programme with me. 

I could never forget one of the sharings.

A lady shared with us, “My boyfriend proposed to me the night before. I told him that I will call him back with the reply.

“It’s too late now.”

As a result of the experience, I keep reminding myself:

What I need to do, I will go for it (Go4It!) now.

I will inject life into living. I do not want to exist or go through the motion of a ‘typical’ day.

Even if there are challenges, I want to go and grow through them.

I want to enjoy every given moment.

Every moment is the best moment. If I am not enjoying it, it is a wasted moment.

I am mindful that my life can end at any point in time. Because of this fact, I will manage my life, and not just my time.

As long as my life is not over, I can still craft the ‘fairy-tale’ ending.

When the time comes for me to die, the time for death will then be for death alone. I hope I will have done everything that needs to be done, and I look forward to meeting our Creator.

Go4It!

I hope this message will find a place in your heart.

By the way, I have also recorded other reflections.

Please go to ‘Notes’ found below my profile picture.

Visit my Inspiration blog at http://liewinspiration.wordpress.com

Visit my Transformation blog at http://hsrpatrickliew.wordpress.com

Please read them and continue to teach me.

Life is FUNtastic!

 

Question: How should we then live our lives?