What would you do differently?

Every day for the past seven months we have been hearing about how the coronavirus has spread throughout the world. First it was in China, then into Europe and on to North America. We hear numbers every morning of how many people have died from the disease and how many more are infected. It is quite depressing, to say the least. Now it looks like we are headed into the ”second wave” which may prove to be more deadly than the first!

These are just statistics, numbers that are tabulated and recorded, but these were all human beings, someone’s mother, father, sister or brother. The whole world has been consumed in sadness and a certain despair. Then we start to ask ourselves, why them and why not me?

We all try very hard to obey the rules that have been set out by the medical professionals in the hope that we will not get sick, or unknowingly pass the virus on to someone else. It is said it affects mainly the elderly and those that are already ill, yet that is not always the case anymore either.

That leads us to the question, “if you knew that tomorrow was your last day, what would you do differently?”

Certainly, as we get older, we begin to think of our own mortality and try to live a good life with the hope of what is yet to come. However, is there anything that you would do right now if you knew it was your last chance? Is there someone that you would call or visit? Maybe there is a wrong that should be made right, or a place that you always wanted to visit or a book that you wanted to read.

These thoughts can be morbid or they can be revealing. If everyone lived today as if it was their last day on earth, this might be a much better, kinder and gentler place. Spend some time with children and parents. Tell the stories that need to be told before it is too late.

Those thousands of people that have died since this pandemic started probably didn’t have the time that they would have wanted to say those last farewells or forgive someone that was waiting to hear those words.

Because this virus is so contagious, visitors were not allowed into the hospitals and long-term care homes. Many people died alone without a family member present. If they had

only known that the end was near, what would they have done differently?

What will you do to be able to leave a legacy of good memories for your family and friends? There is still time to make it happen........