Date:         Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:09:55 -0600
Reply-To:     Matt Drew <t3vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Matt Drew <t3vanagon@GMAIL.COM>
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"Life is short but it's Wide"

I had reservations about posting this to the list, but I felt as though it
could provide some perspective.
I know it has for me!

My life was taken from me (briefly) back in the early 90's (flatlined in the
ER after a high school prank gone VERY wrong).
It's because of this that I make it a point to live each and every day as if
it was my last - because I am ... TRULY ... living on borrowed time.

I remind myself every morning that the day is not my own.

Stastistically speaking, someone else should be sitting at my desk . . . be
in love with my girlfriend . . . living in my apartment.
So I try my hardest to make the most of the gifts that I've been given, and
have no regrets.

That's a big part of the reason why I made the decision to put myself $5,000
in hock for the pleasure of getting back into the driver's seat of a
vanagon.

I have no idea how many times we make the terrestrial journey, but I plan to
enjoy the hell out of this go-round!


Apologies if this sounded hokey or cheesy, but it's honest!


Matt
'90 GL "Blackbeard"


On 1/16/07, John Howze <jsh999_8@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Pasted from previous post.... and an excellent post it is....
>
> <<<< How about considering how close to that dreaded "end" you are? At 44,
> and a diabetic, my number of years may be less - yet ANY of us could be hit
> by a truck (BIG truck) tomorrow. That means all of us are close to death -
> closer than we like to realize!   I guess I just want to remind everybody
> that life is short, and we should do what we like, and like what we do.>>>
>
> The only comment I have is "Life is short but it's Wide.... and the
> following is my usual signature....by the way, I'm 53, which is also the
> year I was born, been through about 7 cycles of 7 as Iggy Pop would put it.
> What if the world suddenly revolved backwards. And we all started growing
> younger. How would we feel about the passage of time?