Go Out and Smell the Roses

I really love listening to the band, Nickleback.  Definitely not a Christian band and I don't listen to them very often, but recently I heard their song, "If Today Was Your Last Day."  It has a really great message about how you need to start living life to the fullest and you can't just sit around on your butt all day waiting for something awesome to happen.  Here's a little bit of the lyrics:

" My best friend gave me the best advice
He said each day's a gift and not a given right
Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind
And try to take the path less traveled by
That first step you take is the longest stride

If today was your last day and tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?
Would you live each moment like your last
Leave old pictures in the past?
Donate every dime you had, if today was your last day?
What if, what if, if today was your last day? "


If often think about this, myself.  What if today is the last day that I'm going to live on Earth?  How will people remember me?  People always say you need to live life to the fullest, but how many of us actually do?  How many of us actually "go outside and smell the roses?"  A lot of times I think to myself, "You are definitely living life to the fullest."  But really, I'm just lying to myself.  There are a lot of days where I just sit around the house screwing around on the computer.  I know that I could be cleaning the house, or petting my cat, watering the flowers, or just going for a nice walk.  But I choose not to.  I say, "Oh, you'll have plenty of time to do that tomorrow."  But what if I don't?  

Sometimes I wish I had a happier life, and I complain because "Oh no, my life sucks.  Everything is going wrong, why am I such a loser?  If only this... if only that..."  I think that I actually will go out and smell the roses more often.  Maybe we all should.

~Alyssa