You have three and a half years left to live… at the most, maybe less. December 21, 2012, is 1,248 days away. Some say that will be the end of time.

What if they are right?

This sort of information is kind of like a cancer diagnosis, when the doctors announce you have a certain number of days left to live. If they are right, you’ve got to make the most of your final days on this earth. But they could be wrong… or you could beat the “terminal” cancer, like Lance Armstrong did. So you can’t just go nuts, live irresponsibly, and blow all your life savings.

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When I was in college I did something my father had expressly forbidden: I jumped out of an airplane. Since it was forbidden, I couldn’t very well go to skydiving classes and learn the process a little at a time. So, instead, I did a tandem jump with an instructor, from 15,000 feet.

I remember calling my friend, Melissa, that day and saying, “Don’t tell my parents, but I’m about to go skydiving at Perris airfield… I just wanted someone to know, in case I don’t come back.” In other words, I was well aware of the risk I was taking, but I had to do it anyway. Why? Because the thought of it scared me to death! It was something I felt I needed to conquer, even if it meant breaking the rules.

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Right now, and in every now-moment, you are either closing or opening.

You are either stressfully waiting for something… more money, security, affection; or you are living from your deep heart, opening as the entire moment, and giving what you most deeply desire to give, without waiting.

If you are waiting for anything in order to live and love without holding back, then you suffer.

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Every moment is the most important moment of your life.

No future time is better than now to let down your guard and love.

Everything you do right now ripples outward and affects everyone.

Your posture can shine your heart, or transmit anxiety.

Your breath can radiate love, or muddy the room in depression.

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