You know how people always ask what you would do if you only had one day to live? My question is what would you do if you only had 60 seconds to live. It's funny how different those two scenarios would be. If given one day, I assume most people would surround themselves with loved ones, write letters to apologize to people they may have wronged in their life, and put their affairs in order. If given 60 seconds, I would guess most people would do everything they could to get out one last thrill. Personally, I would find the best looking girl within the immediate area, hold her in my arms, kiss her more passionately than she has ever or will ever be kissed. Then I would find the toughest looking guy nearby and punch him in the face as hard as I could. As he beats me to a pulp, I would look one of the bystanders in the eye and say, "...avenge me...". Then I would close my eyes forever.
They say you should live each day as if it were your last but perhaps that advice doesn't scale well. Even if people chose less dramatic final seconds than me and spend every second as their last, the streets would be filled with people screaming, crying, and not getting anything done, because what's the point?
I prefer to live every day as if they were limitless and void of any connection to anything else in the universe. Kind of like the movie Groundhog Day. I pretend that I have all the time in the world to do what I want and master any skill. The reason I do this is because if I think of my days as being limited, I would give up every time something became too hard or time consuming. I would think that there's no point in wasting all this precious time, give up, and go watch some TV. I can also assume that this mindset of time having no value, meaning, or connection to the universe, is something I am not alone in feeling. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people who know how to juggle or ride a unicycle.
