Are We Living to Survive, or Living Our Dreams???

Recently I watched on Facebook the lecture from Randy Pausch that was played on Oprah, 2010 it was downloaded to YouTube, but today I watched the one he actually did at Carnegie Hall. This man was given three months to live and he puts everything into this amazing lecture. He talks about living his childhood dreams, something I am now trying to do. 

I suggest copy and paste the below into YouTube and watch the video and really listen to what Randy Pausch says and I hope it moves you like it moved me.

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
https://youtu.be/ji5_MqicxSo

I know I might have blogged about this subject before, but it comes around for me semi regularly to remember "live to live, not, live to survive. " I have had a few days off of work this week and had this feeling to go to the beach on an overcast day and take some photos something I have wanted to do for a little while, but didn't make the time to do, but the beach is always a place for me to go to if I have something troubling me or playing on my mind. I feel relaxed when I am at the beach, almost like a connection between me and the universe. I know that sounds a little corny, but that is the only way I can describe it.  It is a 45 minute drive to Cottesloe Beach from my house, and to only be there for a short time was just enough for me to feel relaxed and to clear my mind and to take some photo's. Cottesloe Beach is also the start to the Rottnest Channel Swim which I hope to take part in next February, so I guess going down there was to help maintain my focus of what is a head of me for my training and goals.

this is a photo of Rottnest taken from 20km away

 We get so caught up in our daily lives of making enough money to pay our mortgages, bills, taxes, and every day living expenses. Also spending time with family and raising kids. If you were told today that you only had three months to live how would you react? Could you say you were happy with what you had done so far in your life. Could you tick off some of your childhood dreams that you had? Would there be anything you wish you could change?

Now is the time to make some small changes to make your life a little different, Write a list of your childhood dreams and work out some way you could make one or all of them come true. I have promised myself time each week do to something a little different and have some fun, among the everyday stressors of life.

Have a great Friday and weekend...

Hayley xx