Monday, October 11, 2010

What if you knew...

...that in your 40‘s, 50‘s or 60‘s you were going to be the proud recipient of the shit end of the stick:  a seriously debilitating and/or terminal disease.  Would you make any changes?  It’s a good thing we’re not prescient.
We’ve all had a chuckle about the guy or gal who dodged some bullet and we remarked “boy are they on borrowed time”. Being diagnosed with ALS changes that to “boy are they on finite time”. The light at the end of the tunnel is truly a freight train; you just don’t know how fast it’s going.
We’ve all laughed about the saying, “life: no one gets out alive” and certainly this is a true statement. And most of us, if we’re lucky, just get lights out after a long and rewarding journey.  For me, ALS has provided the opportunity (yep, I really mean that) to get all the important things in order. It is imperative for your peace of mind to get all your ducks in a row:  Get the will set up. Get the powers of attorney in place. If need be, get the trust properly set up because the freight train is coming.
Make a bucket list and get crackin’!  Take control of those things that you can to ensure  maximum quality of life. Nobody’s ever put on their tombstone, ‟Gee, I wish I could have worked more.‟  I don’t want this to seem negative; quite the contrary; it is critical to be completely realistic: the clock is tick tick ticking.

1 comment:

  1. Great post, Charley. You are amazing and I am so glad to call you my friend for all these years. We sure have lived some stories!

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