Don’t die with a sailboat in your driveway.

The following is clip from the film Nomadland:

“MERLE: Um, I worked for corporate America, you know, for 20 years. And my friend, Bill, worked for the same company, and he had liver failure. A week before he was due to retire, HR called him in hospice, and said… ‘Let’s talk about your retirement.’ And he died 10 days later, having never been able to take that sailboat that he bought out of his driveway. And he missed out on everything. And he told me before he died, “Just don’t waste any time, Merle. Don’t waste any time.” So I retired as soon as I could. I didn’t want my sailboat to be in the driveway when I died… so, yeah… And it’s not. My sailboat’s out here in the desert.”

Often times in life, we plan our happiness for a future date. We endure life today so we can manifest a perfect tomorrow. No harm in dreaming for the future… on the other hand, we must bear in mind this future may never arrive.

The only certain time to be happy is right now.

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