"Straighten up your tie and take the microphone"

What if I was told I only had a year to live? What would I do? Who would I spend my time with?

I don't think I'm the only one that thinks about these things, but lately the importance of not taking life for granted has really been brought back to me.

Live in the moment. Let people know how you feel. Hold on tight to precious moments.

I think that's one reason why the gospel is so important in my life. It gives me purpose and explains what this life is about. It comforts me to know what's in store for after this life. Gives me hope and endless joy in my life.

A really important lesson I learned this past week is: Look for inspiration in those that are closest to us... even if we don't really know them. Along with that, maybe our problems aren't so bad. Are they going to matter tomorrow? A week from now? Why stress over little things when in the grand scheme of things they just don't matter? Isn't the point of life happiness and enjoying our time here? Shouldn't we spend our time trying to make other peoples' lives wonderful? I think so.

"Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today... Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace...You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world... You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one." -John Lennon

"I backed my car into a cop car the other day Well he just drove off sometimes life's ok I ran my mouth off a bit too much oh what can i say Well you just laughed it off it was all ok And we'll all float on ok And we'll all float on any way well Well, a fake Jamaican took every last dime with a scam It was worth it just to learn from sleight-of-hand Bad news comes don't you worry even when it lands Good news will work its way to all them plans We both got fired on the exactly the same day Well we'll float on good news is on the way And we'll all float on ok Already we'll all float on Now don't worry we'll all float on Alright already we'll all float on Alright don't worry we'll all float on Alright don't worry even if things end up a bit to heavy we'll all float on alright Ok don't worry we'll all float on Even if things get heavy we'll all float on Don't you worry we'll all float on" -Ben Lee