by Jenny Turpin

Created on: October 10, 2009

I think that many people have asked themselves this question at one time or another. What would I do if I knew tomorrow was my last day? Have I done the things I wanted to do? Have I said the things I should have said to the people that need to hear it? To the people that I need to say it to? Have I been a good person? Have I done good things?

Knowing that tomorrow would be my last day, I would have to come to peace with the life I lived. I would want to gather those that were most important to me and tell them how much they have meant. I would want to leave them with the memory of me caring for them and wanting them near during my last hours. I would want to be sure that they understood their significance in my life and that nothing could have taken their place in it.

Something else I think would be important to me in my final hours would be reconciling any differences I may have had with others. Maybe I said something in haste that I would want to take back. Maybe I did something to hurt someone else that I would want to apologize for. I think that knowing that tomorrow is my last day would make me feel like some arguments or disagreements were not so important anymore.

If tomorrow was my last day, I would also want to give my things to those whom I wanted to have them. This would give me a chance to present a little piece of me to each person important in my life. It may be a ring for my daughter or a portrait to my son. It may be from my estate or just a story that I want to share. Whatever it would be, I would make it as personal as possible to it's receiver.

I think that we all should consider the question of what we would do if tomorrow was our last day. I don't think there is ever a time in which we could fit it all in. I think that living everyday like it was our last can narrow down what we would want to do if it really was. On my last day, I want to feel good about the life I have lived. I want to know that just because this one is my last, I haven't left anything undone. Everyone knows that I love them and I have done good things.

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