Deathbed

9/25/2012
You’re very old. You’re on your deathbed. (Sorry.) Family and friends gather around you. What do you tell them about life? What advice about living do you offer them? Spill a few pearls of wisdom from your experience.

Don't waste your time holding your self back with beliefs and ideologies. Compared to amount of time the Earth has been here, your life is but a fraction of a second. One day you're going to be lying on your death bed wondering what your life has meant; if you've managed to make an inkling of an impact on anyone else's life or have done anything to outlive the life you've built for yourself, and you may hate yourself for coming to the wrong conclusion. There are billions of people in this world, struggling to figure out the life they've been given by their mothers and fathers. Your job is to figure out what makes your life worth living. Whether that be money, fame, love, art, work, or pleasure. Just find a way to be happy while making money. If you happen to come across someone who's different than the rest, someone who challenges you, and makes chasing them seem more worthwhile than the path you've chosen; my advice is to not let them out of your lives. However, if your path leads you astray from them, my advice is to focus on your work until you can live comfortably, your love life will follow suite. The person you think you're meant to be with may not be the one at all.
I'm not going to claim I know all the secrets to life. I will say that making mistakes is crucial to knowing how to shape your life. I will also say that, "One day, your life will flash before your eyes, just make sure it's worth watching." -Chuck Palahniuk