how to live...

how to live

"What if we all carried little timers
that counted down the days of our lives?
Maybe the timer's a bit dramatic.
Just the date would do.
It could be tattooed on our foreheads
like the expiration date on a milk bottle.
It might be a good thing.
Maybe we'd stop wasting our lives
worrying about things that never happen,
or collecting things that we can't take with us.
We'd probably treat people better.
We certainly wouldn't be screaming at someone
who had a day left.
Maybe people would finally stop living
like they're immortal.
Maybe we would finally learn how to live."
- Richard Paul Evans