What if I die tomorrow?

I ask myself this question often. I don’t ask it in a negative way. I do it to stay focused on what matters most in life. Death serves as a powerful reminder for me to live. I was going to use the winter break to get ahead at work. I was going to complete all my lesson plans for this term. That’s what I was planning to focus on. That’s how I was planning to live for the next two weeks. Then, two days ago, one of my co-workers suddenly died. As I was processing her death and reflecting upon my own life. I again thought to myself: What if I die tomorrow? What if I created 10 weeks of lesson plans and then I died the next day? Those lesson plans would suddenly mean nothing to me. They would mean nothing to my students (they don’t really mean much to my students to begin with). They would certainly mean nothing to my family. My co-worker’s death is sad, but it serves as a positive reminder for me: I do not know when I am going to die, but I know I am going to live today. What if I die tomorrow? The better question is: How will I live today? I want to live fully, each moment, each day. My life is all about living like this. I win the next play!