“Somebody should tell us, right at the start of our lives, that we are dying. Then we might live life to the limit, every minute of every day. Do it! I say. Whatever you want to do, do it now! There are only so many tomorrows.” - Pope Paul VI

“More and more as I am here and see what life really
is, I understand that it is not when or how you die but how and if you truly
were ever alive.”

She sounds like she was a very remarkable woman. This is the first I've heard of her death. Yet the death of a celebrity is splashed all over the world and to not have heard of it you must have been living in a cave.

Oooops... I thought this was a Doctor Who clip. Sorry TN. at me.

Thats why I started taking exotic vacations now, as who knows what lies ahead!! Next year one of the islands, figi, tahiti etc, then I I am still ok a cruise the following year!! I will have great times to look back on

You are going to die. All of you. No one escapes. You shouldn't need something like cancer to jump-start your appreciation of life.

“More and more as I am here and see what life really is, I understand that it is not when or how you die but how and if you truly were ever alive.”

What she says is so true.
The fact is, most people are so bogged down in daily life and don't appreciate life. I