2)      So for day 2 the question is:  What would I consider important if I knew I only had 25 years to live? 

My boys would be 33yo, 29yo and 26yo so if I have grandchildren they wouldn't be very old.  I would be sure to have written a history of my life by then so that it can be shared with my grandchildren.  I would like to share any pieces of wisdom of life that may help them as they grow up like don't get debt for the little things, keep smiling no matter how bad things get, remember that our Heavenly Father knows everything about us and has plans for our good.

On a more personal note I would still want to do a lot of those things I listed on Day 1 but now I will have less time to muck around getting to some of those things.   If I had to rank things from Day 1 I would put relationships with my family, travel to Europe and learning ballroom dancing and steel string guitar up there in the higher part of the list.  Writing a book doesn’t seem so important nor getting my teeth straightened.  Becoming a teacher wouldn’t be as important as being available for my boys as they start their married lives and have young children. 

Amazing how the perspective changes when I realise that 25 years is so much sooner than 50 years.  God willing I have many more years to come but I am trying to help myself to focus and in the same way a microscope needs to be adjusted to get a better focus I am adjusting my focus on my life from “I will do that someday but not today” to “decide what is truly important to me and do it now”.  I waste a lot of time being very casual about how I spend my time and I am concerned that I won’t leave this world a better place unless I start focusing on how I spend my time.

Well, a bit dreary possibly, but life is finite!

Best wishes,

Jen in Oz