Have you ever had a brush with death? However, the larger question is… did it change your life? Did you make some lifestyle changes as a result of the experience. Or after a few days, weeks, months did life revert back to what it was prior to the experience? Maybe you made some promises to yourself to change certain aspects of your life, to ‘improve’. And now that time has passed, where are those promises, changes now?
Personally, I had a heart attack some 14+ months ago. What did I do as a result? Yes, there were some immediate dietary changes which have subsequently slipped considerably. But some of the same symptoms emerged just recently which reminded me that those changes were effective and it was time to not give just lip service to them but to let them take root and effect a change in me… now.
As important as the dietary changes are, the more important ones are the philosophical and spiritual changes. In many respects this has been a time of refinement of what I believe and a strengthening of why I believe what I believe. For me it developed in me a greater sense of appreciation of what and who populated my world. It also made me rethink what was important and what was crucial and what really wasn’t all that necessary. Some things faded and some intensified.
Being the introspective type it was natural to do some reassessing. However, as important as reassessing is, the more critical point is – how did the reassessing translate into changed behavior? Did I walk the talk? And what about you? It really doesn’t need to be a life threatening situation for you to reconsider what and who you are becoming…… and what’s important.
