Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger pay-check, the larger house. Do you think you’d care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast? Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze, a life in which you stop and watch how a red-tailed hawk circles over the water or the way a baby scowls with concentration when she tries to pick up a cherry with her thumb and first finger. Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember ...
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