Life is short 😪

Published: Sat, 10/24/20

This newsletter is dedicated to my Nana who passed away on October 17, 2020. She will be missed more than words can say. Living 93 years, she loved life ... and she lived life to its fullest. Bold, courageous, and resilient, she seized each and every day. From cooking family feasts & treats to celebrating special events to creating special scarves for me (any Alpha M. OGs will remember those videos), her generosity and love will be deeply missed. RIP Nana.

Life is short 😪

Life is short, and I encourage you to call somebody you haven't talked to in a while. This person may be a parent, a brother, a friend, or even a grandparent if you're lucky enough to still have them. But call somebody that you haven't talked to in a while.

Call and simply tell them that you care about them. Tell them that you love them and that you just called to say 'hello.' You never know when it's going to be the end, and you're not going to have that day.

When people leave this world, don't have regrets. Take time to slow down and express your emotions. Having and expressing emotions doesn't mean you're any less of a man. I'm a firm believer that expressing yourself is healthy and even critical. So if you want to tell someone that they mean something to you, it's okay. You don't have to hide things or suppress emotions. Emotions make us human, and you can't run from them.

We seem to forget other life truths -- such as the average life is relatively short. But don't live in fear of death but rather be bold and courageous with how you live your life. You will only live the life that you create for yourself, so be productive AND be patient.

Patience doesn't mean you're waiting; instead, it means that you can maintain a positive outlook and attitude while you're busy growing and building your life. But, don't be fooled -- busyness doesn't mean being productive.

Busyness isn't a virtue nor an attribute to envy or strive for. Sure we all have our times where life is crazy hectic, but living like this is not sustainable or fulfilling (think burnout). It's okay to prioritize and say 'no.' Make time for things that should be a priority, like reaching out to someone you haven't spoken to in a while.

But saying 'no' because you are scared to fail or put yourself out there is something completely different. Often, a degree of failure will be experienced before any type of success, but you will never grow in life if you're so worried about the what-ifs. As I've always said, regret is so much worse than failure. So to successfully build your life, you may need to have to fail. And if you do, learn from those mistakes and forgive yourself.

Remember, when moving forward in life, thinking and doing it are two different things. Positive growth will not come looking for you while you're waiting; you have to actively go out and search for it. YOU ARE WHAT YOU DO-- you aren't what you say. Knowledge is useless without action, and if you wait until you're 100% ready before you move forward on anything, you're never going to move forward. CARPE DIEM! Seize the day like my Nana, gentlemen.

Speaking of moving forward, you don't need to wait for an apology to forgive. Life gets easier when you learn to accept the apologies that you never received. And realize that some people aren't right for you, so get the negativity and the negative people out of your life. Reach out and foster relationships with those who are inspirational and uplifting.

Change is inevitable, so embrace it. Which brings this discussion full-circle; sometimes change means that we lose touch with those who mean a lot to us. So reach out to those people because you never know where life may lead you. Reach out and let them know that you're thinking of them and that you love them. Don't wait until tomorrow.

Life is crazy fragile and precious. You never know when it's going; you never know when it's gone. If there's someone who means something to you haven't spoken to in a while, take this opportunity to call and let them know how you feel. You never know when you're not going to have the chance again.

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