Live every day as if it were your last
Samer Chidiac
Government Executive Advisor 🧠 AI-Driven Workforce Transformation Leader 🤖 Author & Futurist ✍️
Between 2005 and 2006, this story happened to me while I traveled domestically in the US. Those who travel a lot can tell you that after a while, all the flights and travel will start to look the same… Same people, same faces, and same issues with barely a few details that change. That’s why I didn’t expect that flight to be any different and that Story to be the one that changed my life Forever...
The only difference this time was that I had a nasty FLU, and although this might seem OK on a regular day, it’s NOT when you’re flying.
When the plane started to board, my head became HEAVIER by the moment…
I went to wash my face, and I saw it bleeding, I got terrified from the scene and even blood was coming out of my ears…
At that moment, I knew that I might be suffering from internal bleeding and that if that was right… This would be my LAST trip.
Depressed… I returned to my seat, placed my head on the window, and started thinking… (I’m on a Plane, there’s almost NOTHING I can do…)
They tell you that when you become close to Death, you start thinking of Life… They are right… My Life was spinning in my head as a Video…
No Matter what you may think I was thinking… I wasn’t thinking about how much TV I watched, how many songs I memorized, how many long hours I spent in the office… I was thinking about the people who mattered most to me.
When was the last time I saw my parent?
What’s the last sentence I said to them?
Did I have a good time with my siblings?
I recalled my friends 1-by-1 and asked myself, was I the example of a good friend?
Did I stand by their side in good and bad times?
I was a General Manager then; I recalled my employees and wondered how they would react if they knew I was gone…
It’s a BRUTAL feeling to see yourself helpless before your end, and the idea that kills you slowly is that you won’t be able to stand before those people and Express to them how lucky you are to have them in your life… That their Love and Care gave your Life a MEANING…
Just when everything seemed dark and heavy, I felt as if the Collective Love and Care of those people… LEND me a Hand… I opened my eyes and said to myself…
“I WILL MAKE IT… and when I do, I will Change my life!”
THAT DAT, my Life changed… I started living every day as if it was my last, with no regrets… Every day I meet someone who matters to me, I act as if it’s the last day I will see him/her…
I never thought of that before. OTHER people will give you strength to be THE BEST OF WHAT YOU CAN BE… To defy the impossible!
And I have done that every day since that day!
The Quote from that Experience that I have lived with every day since…
“Dream as if you’re going to Live Forever… and Live as if you’re going to Die Tomorrow.”
Have a wonderful week and a great year ahead!
SC
Bridging Tradition, Reimagining Success & Championing Leadership Co-Founder & CRO at RE Partners
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1yThanks Samer Chidiac
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1yWords to live by, Samer! Happy New Year!
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1yVery insightful Samer! Risk in life is a matter of seconds or even a fraction of! Each one of us should embrace and cherish his presence as long as we exist, meanwhile living it to the max is something we always look for because at the end of the day, we live everyday and we die once, as to my personal belief! Thank you for sharing with us your personal and personal experience which evoked in us, each on his own, a personal experience that might seem a bit off the edge like yours! Embrace life and Cheers to endless moments!
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1yInspiring as always!