Manchester United and Chelsea legend Ray Wilkins died on 4 April aged 61. Other famous faces who have sadly died this year are Professor Stephen Hawking - heralded as one of the smartest minds to grace the world; Reverend Billy Graham - the American evangelist who became one of the world's most influential preachers; the lead singer of Irish rock band The Cranberries - Dolores O'Riordan. Toys 'R' Us founder Charles Lazarus died days after the company announced it's closing.
What if you knew how long you would live? First of all, would you want to? Would you live differently if you knew?
We spend so much time making plans for the future, often depending on things coming at a later date to assure our happiness or assuming we have all of the time in the world, when all we ever have is our life today.
Don't create a life where you are going to regret working too hard. There's nothing wrong with loving our work and wanting to apply ourselves to it. But there is much more to life. Don't make work your whole life.
I understand how people can love their work and there is no need for guilt in doing so. I too now love my work, despite the stress that often accompanied it.
If we sense that something is missing, if we yearn for something or someone wonderful in our lives, we must learn to step back from all the frenetic activity. Learn to say no. We do a lot of things because we feel that we must do them. Yes, there are occasions when circumstances are beyond our control, but very often we imagine that our involvement in that particular activity is absolutely indispensable. Would the world really end if we didn't do it?
Why do we depend so much on the material world to validate us? There's nothing wrong in wanting a better life. Don't get me wrong. It's just that the chase for more, and the need to be recognized through our achievements and belongings, can hinder us from the real things like time with those we love, time doing things we love ourselves. What we have gained is clear. But what have we lost? Are we aware of the real cost? We cannot measure the cost of everything in dollars and cents.
Good opportunities are very hard to refuse. I also came to realize that because something is good doesn't mean it is good for you for right for you.
The things we do for ourselves are gone when we are gone. But the things we do for others remain as our legacy.
What if you knew how long you would live? First of all, would you want to? Would you live differently if you knew?
We spend so much time making plans for the future, often depending on things coming at a later date to assure our happiness or assuming we have all of the time in the world, when all we ever have is our life today.
Don't create a life where you are going to regret working too hard. There's nothing wrong with loving our work and wanting to apply ourselves to it. But there is much more to life. Don't make work your whole life.
I understand how people can love their work and there is no need for guilt in doing so. I too now love my work, despite the stress that often accompanied it.
If we sense that something is missing, if we yearn for something or someone wonderful in our lives, we must learn to step back from all the frenetic activity. Learn to say no. We do a lot of things because we feel that we must do them. Yes, there are occasions when circumstances are beyond our control, but very often we imagine that our involvement in that particular activity is absolutely indispensable. Would the world really end if we didn't do it?
Why do we depend so much on the material world to validate us? There's nothing wrong in wanting a better life. Don't get me wrong. It's just that the chase for more, and the need to be recognized through our achievements and belongings, can hinder us from the real things like time with those we love, time doing things we love ourselves. What we have gained is clear. But what have we lost? Are we aware of the real cost? We cannot measure the cost of everything in dollars and cents.
Good opportunities are very hard to refuse. I also came to realize that because something is good doesn't mean it is good for you for right for you.
The things we do for ourselves are gone when we are gone. But the things we do for others remain as our legacy.
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