the third story

         my third story is about death.when i was young,i read a quote that went something like:if u live each day as if it was ur last,someday u'll most certainly be right.it made an impression on me,and since then,i have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself:if today were the last day of my life would i want to do what i am about to do today?and whenever the answer has been no for too many days in a row,i know i need to change something.remembering that i'll be dead soon is the most important tool i've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.because almost everything:all external expectations,all pride.all fear of embarrassment or failure there things just fall away in the face of death,leaving only what is truly important.remembering that u r going to die is the best way i know to avoid the trap of thinking u have something to lose.u r already naked. there is no reason not to follow ur heart.after my life,i can now say this to u with a bit more certainly them when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:no one wants to die.even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there.and yet death is the destination we all share.no one has ever escaped it.and that is as it should be,becausedeath is very likely the single,best invention of life.it's life's change agent.it clears out the old to make way for the new.right now the new is u,but someday not too long from now,u'll gradually become the old and be cleared away.sorry to be so dramatic,but it is quite true.ur time is limited,so don't waste it living someone else's life.don't be trapped by dogmatism which is living with the results of other people's thinking.don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out ur own inner voice.and most important, have the courage to follow ur heart and intuition.they somehow already know what u truly want to become.everything else is secondary.finally,i have used all my literature.and the last stay hungry,stay foolish.and i have always wished that for myself.and now as u change to begin a new,i wish that for u.stay hungry,stay foolish.