How many more moments?





How many more moments do we have?

I recently listened to a podcast by Jesse Itzler, author of Living With A Seal and Living With A Monk (Highly Recommend). In the podcast Jesse talks about his experience in living in a monastery, living with monks and he talked about a couple things that really got me thinking and put some perspective on living my best life. 

He talks a lot about life, how many days left we have on this earth, and what are we doing with a time. He used an example, talking about his parents. If your parents are approximately  68 years old, and an average person lives to 78, that means they will potentially live 10 more years. If you only see your parents one or two times a year that’s potentially only 10 more times that you will see them. WOW!! This was scary to me. 

What are you doing to maximize your experience in relationships with those people? 

Too often we get distracted by every day lives, social media, technology and other stimuli. We don’t necessarily take the time to build relationships and we tend not to have face-to-face interactions that build memories that last a lifetime. 

As I was listening to the podcast, I started thinking about school. I was thinking about how in school we spent so much developing students skills and mastery in certain areas. When we get caught up in everyday life, we typically forget to stop and really listen to out students and build those relationships. As we approach the halfway point in the school year, think about how many more opportunities you will get with these kids. How many more opportunities do you have to change their life? Are you living your fullest life?

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