Live Like There’s No Tomorrow

Posted on 19. Mar, 2009 by Karen in Death and Dying

nat3 I’m saddened, as many are, by the untimely death of actress, Natasha Richardson at age 45.  When you’re pushing 60 like I am in a few years, you expect to hear about older people passing away.  But it’s always shocking to me when someone dies far too young.

I remember my grandmother used to say “sometimes it’s just your time to go”, which in the case of Richardson’s death is the only explanation that even remotely makes sense of such a tragedy.  And if she were still with us, Gram would also say “live like there’s no tomorrow”.

Richardson apparently  agreed with this philosophy.  After her husband was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident some years back, she once said:

“I wake up every morning feeling lucky — which is driven by fear, no doubt, since I know it could all go away.”

I just hope Natasha Richardson was having an incredible day out in the beautiful vista of that Quebec ski resort.  I hope she laughed and noticed the warmth of the sun on her face.  And just maybe she looked around at some point and thought “it doesn’t get much better than this”.

If there’s no tomorrow, how would you live today?

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3 Responses to “Live Like There’s No Tomorrow”

  1. Elizabeth Nofziger

    19. Mar, 2009

    So true.. that’s why we’re helping people live their days doing work they actually enjoy, right?

  2. Celeste

    19. Mar, 2009

    Karen:

    This is absolutely unbelievable. What a loss. What an absolutely beautiful, talented, articulate and intelligent (to say the very least ) woman. I again ask myself why?

    Live your life everyone, LIVE.

    Celeste

  3. Gena

    19. Mar, 2009

    I truly think you have to live each day as if it was your last. Yes, we can work on things for tomorrow and the future but all we really have is this moment.

    Natasha was a fortunate women in the sense that she was loved by her family, her work was appreciated and that she passed quickly.

    Death of good people makes no sense to me. It never will. I hope it is a long time before i stand before the gatekeeper to ask why her instead of that crumb bum that is staving his nation for short term gain (any current despot will do).

    This is not a dress rehearsal, live forward as best you can.

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