The final 24 hours of your life...

Being thinking about this for awhile, possibly because I am a planner. For many years now the thought of my final 24 hours of life has been thrown around my mind many a times. So much so that I have ground rules of how to answer it. It can be any 24 hour period, not just from midnight to midnight. You can do whatever you want in that 24 hour period, but it has to realistic. No you can't fly to the moon or kiss Drew Barrymore (oh how I would love to do that). Be truthful about it. Think deeply as to what you would do, remember, it is your final 24 hours of your life. Play it out wisely. So below is my 24 hours, it shall begin at 6:30am...

6:30am: I will drive to a cafe, yet to be decided which one, but I will drive there with window down. I want to feel the morning breeze upon my face, breath in the smell of which the morning is offering. Definitely going to parallel park because it's something I struggle to do. It would be awesome to say that I did it perfectly. For breakfast I shall have bircher muesli, bacon and eggs, toast and a latté . My favourite breakfast, with two incredible people, Sylvia my foster mum and Amanda my case worker. I love these two women so much. Sylvia will have her two cigarettes for breakfast. She has done this ever since I can remember. Amanda will smoke just because Sylvia is smoking, they too will have a coffee. We will laugh about how I was a terror of a kid, but look back, smile and be grateful of each others presences in one an others lives.

9:30am: Personal training session with Ray. He will definitely push me beyond my limits as he has always done. Even though it would be my last session he will continue to remind me that quitting is not an option. I understand now that it isn't an option, so I will fight through the pain of the session. We will have weigh in of which he will as always remind me how great I'm doing. I am always grateful for his kind words.

10:00am: Sauna time :) I love sauna's, especially the smell of them. Weird I know, but they are incredible. I hate the summer, but I love saunas.

12:00pm: Gringos with Judy. We will each Nachos and drink sangria's as we have done before. This is my church, this is where I go to meet Jesus and where he comes to meet me. It's a time where we can just be still, watch the world pass us by. Share stories of our days and offer advice and encouragement. Most of all it's an opportunity to let our guards down. To lay it all on the table. To be at peace.

2:30pm: Have coffee with Dee. Another person whom I love dearly. She is the most incredible lecturer I will ever meet. We had coffee today at Cibos today. We spoke about Malism and identity. We always have incredible talks, they always seem to be life changing. I'm honored to be her student.

3:30pm: Watch Good Will Hunting and Braveheart. Two of the greatest movies of all time. I'd love to watch it at the cinema's. Have everyone there with popcorn and drinks, that would be awesome. Both movies have changed my life in their own unique way. I know they are just movies, but the message and story of them was life changing. It's funny how so many things in my life are life changing isn't it?

7:00pm: Massive BBQ at my house. Just a get together of everyone whom I had every been in contact with. I think it's important to have everyone together and thank them all for their contribution to my life and the impact they have had on it. Would be awesome to see everyone smiling, and also interacting and telling stories of how they played their own part in my life

10:00pm: PARTY TIME! Head to casino for some poker and party on! It's all about the nights I will never remember, with the friends I will never forget :)

4:30am: Slowly make my way out of the pub/club that we were at. I wouldn't want to tell anyone that I was going, except maybe one person. I won't mention this persons name, but I would kiss her goodbye, the only person would I would actually kiss goodbye. I would tell her that I loved her as much as a friend could love someone. When we are outside I want it to rain heavily. I would love my last conversation with this person to be in the rain. I would cry with a smile on my face because I would be sad to say goodbye. I would kiss her softly, then whisper in her ear, 'You are the most beautiful person in the whole world.' Slowly looking at her and everyone else for the last time I would walk away with my hand in the air making the peace sign.

5:30am: Grange beach. Here is the place of my final goodbyes to two men. There names are Luke and Ryan, my best friends. We would be having a little breakfast BBQ while drinking Jack Daniels, then German beers and then Annie's Lane Shiraz, sharing a cigar bought in Mexico while watching the sunrise. This would be it. It wouldn't be the end, rather it would be the beginning. I would wake to the waters edge and spread my wings ready to fly. While looking to the sky with my eyes closed I would whisper, 'Thank you my friends for making whatever it was, the way it was. Into your hands Lord, I command my spirit." The wind will pick me up and I will fly into the sunset.

So I ask you this. Think about how you want to spend your final 24 hours. We never know when our final 24 hours will begin, so make the most out of every day.

Shalom.