If you have been reading my blog for a while, you will know that I took a marketing seminar from Seth Godin this summer. (Click here if you’re interested in it… I recommend it).
Along with the way it stretched me, changed me, and taught me… I connected with some really great people.
We formed a Mastermind group of 7, and meet once a week via video conferencing online.
I could go on and on about this group and the cool things they are doing and we will get there eventually as I’m sure this won’t be the last time I talk about them.
Until now, we have had “hot seat” sessions where each of us take a turn sharing what we are working on, and the rest of us share feedback, ideas, and encouragement towards the project (my turn in the hot seat was more of a therapy session because I need a lot of therapy).
Yesterday we did something a little different.
Yesterday was going to be a feedback session for each of us… but it turned into more of a group conversation.
Within that conversation, the Stoic in our group (he is the Stoic Creative) shared something with us that I loved.
He told us that he goes for a run everyday, and when he runs he always runs through a cemetery.
He told us in true Stoic fashion that it may seem like a weird place to visit every single day, but it reminds him that if there is something he wants to do, he needs to do it now.
I imagined him running above ground, amongst all of the people who are now below ground, who maybe didn’t do everything they wanted to do.
The people who may have put it off until later, or never took the first few steps because they were afraid of what might come next, what other people might think, or maybe they just “didn’t believe they could”…and then didn’t get the chance.
It’s also possible that he is running amongst the greats… the people who never wasted a day, who lived from their hearts, who were surrounded by love and did all things with love, who were brave in their quest to make a difference in the world and left a legacy by touching a tremendous amount of lives.
Either way, when you put it into that perspective it reminds you to make the most of the life you’ve got.
Which person do you choose to be?