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At the same time every month, you know it will appear.\u00a0 You begin with anticipation, then delight, but soon fear. What will I say this time, what can I possibly write to 7 million readers, that\u2019s what brings the fright.<\/p>\nAt the same time every month, you know it will appear.\u00a0 You begin with anticipation, then delight, but soon fear. What will I say this time, what can I possibly write to 7 million readers, that\u2019s what brings the fright.<\/p>\n
Michael Hurwitz soon comes calling, an email from L.A.\u00a0 Our many readers at Gov. Talk, are waiting to hear your say.\u00a0 It needs to be original, set us all on fire.\u00a0 A work related topic, or something to inspire.\u00a0 About 800 words, make sure you are not late.<\/p>\n
You start up your computer, a blank page on the screen and many hours later, still nothing to be seen.\u00a0 You are desperate for an angle, somewhere to make a start.\u00a0 Something from the world, or something from the heart.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll tell them to climb their mountain, just keep going towards the top.\u00a0 It will not be about how high you reach, but that you never stop.\u00a0 Or I\u2019ll write of my experience, when lying in intensive care.\u00a0 It was only when my plate was clean, before I knew how much was there.\u00a0 Will I try to give perspective, to those who cannot see?\u00a0 How truly lucky we really are, to be alive and well and free.<\/p>\n
Often blind in a busy world, with lives that are constantly stressed.\u00a0 But if we shift the viewpoint, we are the ones who are blessed.\u00a0 I could tell a funny story, about an Irishman away, a midnight cowboy in Helsinki, or when a trip to Cardiff, was the only thing to do when I couldn\u2019t get a ticket, for my son to see U2.<\/p>\n
I could tell about my focus, with the end of life in sight.\u00a0 How new resolve was found within, nothing mattered, but the fight.\u00a0 How I had to deal with dying, too inevitable to ignore and when cancer knew I had no fear, the inevitable was no more.<\/p>\n
From there I became untouchable, it was the ultimate I could give.\u00a0 By not being afraid to die, I gave myself the greatest chance to live.\u00a0 How I kept a blinkered vision, no matter what the trial.\u00a0 Just run the stretch in front of you, each inch will make a mile.<\/p>\n
How I always set my target, to be the best patient I could be.\u00a0 I made sure it was my role, to help everybody else help me.\u00a0 And how I found my youngest son, when I had nothing left within \u201cYou can quit for yourself Liam. But you just can\u2019t quit for him\u201d.<\/p>\n
Will I write about dying, a topic we rarely go near?\u00a0 In the fog of our busy lives, we forget that we are here.\u00a0 And that it doesn\u2019t matter what you have, only what you do.\u00a0 The life you leave behind you, will be the real true legacy of you.\u00a0 For everything I have been through, it seems I have much to give.\u00a0 When you look your death in the eye, you know what it means to live.\u00a0 That is what I have to offer, that\u2019s what I can write.\u00a0 An ability to see the world, in a completely different light.<\/p>\n
And yet for all the hardship, there were many blessings too.\u00a0 I now see more with one eye, than I did before with two.\u00a0 I will tell them how I treasure, each day with immense pride.\u00a0 How can I complain again, when I really should have died.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s as if my life was returned to me, and now I am God\u2019s debtor.\u00a0 A second chance to live again, a chance to die much better.\u00a0 So live each day as best you can, nobody can ask you more.\u00a0 And I believe that if you do, death will have a surprise in store.\u00a0 We grasp this world, with all its flaws, trusting only what we see, but perhaps the end, is just the start, of life as it should be.<\/p>\n
So live the life in front of you, keep climbing without fear.\u00a0 We know that life is beautiful, but the summit is not here.<\/p>\n
Leaving the office a brainwave strikes, as I begin the journey home.\u00a0 Now I know what I\u2019ll do this month, I\u2019m going to write a poem!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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