Before we die...

Memorable Quotes from
Bill Bailey: Part Troll (2004) (V)

Bill Bailey: The BBC did a survey of the top 50 things to do before we die. Not while we're still alive, before we die.

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Bill Bailey: No.18, see the Earth from space, conveniently forgetting become an astronaut at some point.

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Bill Bailey: I'd want to put some interesting ones in there, "No.67: lunge wildly at the pope", just to see what would happen.

(from www.imbd.com)

If you've ever been to a post-funeral gathering, or a leaving do, or anything like that I guess you've listened to stories of old letting you know things about the person who is being remembered: Things that you had never heard, and that may change your view of them completely, things which you wish you'd known before as you would have loved to take the time to talk to them about it, their experience, how it made them feel.

I'm also guessing that at times like this you may have thought, or even heard said out loud, something along the lines of, "I don't know why we didn't find out more about him/her while they were still around, rather than wait until now when it's too late."

It's happened to me lots. So why do we wait until it's too late? Instead of doing something after they've departed, why do we constantly forget to talk, to find out about each other while we're still around? For me, tomorrow may be too late, so why take the risk? I have to start talking with people - really talking with them, finding out who they really are.

I encourage you to do the same this week: Find one person that you like but don't really know, and talk to each other about what really matters to you both.