If This Were Your Last Thanksgiving Together...
What would you do differently?
If you knew this was your last Thanksgiving with someone you love, what would you do differently?
• Would you still roll your eyes at your dad's bad jokes?
• Would you get upset when your uncle comes out as MAGA?
• Or when Aunt Karen makes another offhand remark?
The truth about life is that it's short.
It's unpredictable.
We never know what might happen.
(Isn't that what makes it beautiful?)
I've always been conscious about life and death.
I was one of those kids who pondered his legacy—or how I might be forgotten in a couple of generations—when I was just 11.
When my grandma got sick, I knew she wouldn't recover.
From the ages of 16 to 20, I made a point of saying hello to her first thing every time I came home.
And saying goodbye every time I went out.
I knew one day would be the last time I did it. And one day, it was.
My dad still regrets the night he thought about calling his own grandpa around 9 or 10 PM.
He didn't want to wake the old man or be a burden. So he didn't call. And now he can't.
This is a message for you to cherish these moments like they were the last.
• Play with your kids. Pick them up while they still want to be picked up—and while you're still able to.
• Call your parents and grandparents if you still have that chance.
• Hug your loved ones every day as if it were the last time you'd do it.
If more people lived this way, there would be much less depression and anxiety. And much more purposeful living.
I wish you an amazing Thanksgiving, filled with delicious food and lots of love from your family and close friends.
Keep Rockin',
Gabe
PS - Who will you reach out to this Thanksgiving? What knots are you going to retie?
DO IT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!
You won't regret it.
Feel free to reply and let me know who you're reaching out to—I’d love to hear your stories.