My Wish for You

My wish for you today, is to have your life change in some dramatic way. Not that I wish any heartache into your world, but by losing that which you think is important, sometimes you find out what really matters. These are the five universal regrets of the dying: "Number one: I wish I hadn't worked so hard. Number two: I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends. Number three: I wish I had let myself be happier. Number four: I wish I'd had the courage to express my true self. And number five: I wish I'd lived a life true to my dreams, instead of what others expected of me."....I wish you would embrace these truths before you are on your death bed so that you have the time to live them....for me it was an injury that would change everything, for others, perhaps super storm Sandy having wiped out their world. I have gone back to my roots, I have reclaimed my friends and even made new ones. I have welcomed me back and will no longer live for others, I will no longer be who others think I should be, I have searched for the truths other people tried to hide from me and i have learned first-hand the terrible price of waiting too long.  There isn't always another day.  I have learned not to listen to fairy tales but to believe in myself and to know that in the end, there are no second chances. There is no better life than this one.  Live for the moment.  No regrets. ~MCM 2012