Don’t die with your music still in you

The title is a paraphrase of the Emerson quote about how “Most men die with their music still in them.”

Ask yourself these questions:

Am I doing what I came here to do?
Am I, at least in part, ‘playing my special music’?

If you answered yes to the questions, or are at least pursuing them, then I congratulate you. If your answer is no – what you are waiting for?!

woman holding mirror against her head in the middle of forest

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We are all special in this world. Each of us has some special contribution to make to the world. Perhaps it’s to write a book. Perhaps your special gift is in being a great teacher or coach. It could be you are the next person to discover a cure for a major disease, or to start a business and be the best you can be at what you do. Are you a builder who is passionate about your work? Do you dream of being a great parent, artist, or baker? Whatever the passion is within you, let it out. Life is too fragile and uncertain to postpone your dreams, hoping that someday, you will really begin to live your life. Begin now! Whatever it is you are passionate about, you can begin it now. What are you waiting for?

When I lived in Basingstoke, Hampshire, my next door neighbour Maureen was really looking forward to her retirement. She had planned everything she was going to do with her life once she could stop work and concentrate on herself. There were so many things she hadn’t yet done and when she had the time after her retirement she was going to do them all. Six months before her 60th birthday Maureen was diagnosed with terminal cancer and she died before she even got to be 60. She never did get to retire or do all the many things that she had planned to do when she retired. It saddens me to see someone who is near the end their life, never having taken a step to realise their dream. It saddens me that anyone should leave this earth with their music still in them. You owe it to yourself to let it out!

Imagine in your mind a mirror. Look into that mirror and see yourself as you are today. Now I want you to imagine yourself at the age of 80, see those sparkling eyes looking back at you. I want you then to turn round and look back through the years of your life and note all the things you have achieved up to the age of 80. How many things have you achieved? Wouldn’t it be sad if you were to look back at 80 and say to yourself ‘I haven’t achieved anything in all my years’. Don’t wait , begin now. What are you waiting for? Don’t die with your music still in you.

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