The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die

I am back from my vacation visiting family in GA. I had a great time. The highlights of my trip were: Eating lunch with my mom and younger brother at Golden Corral, taking mom shopping and getting treats at the DQ, and spending time with my older brother. I really enjoyed cooking for Mom and having Mom and Daughter time.

I have been reading an interesting book. I wrote about it when I was in GA, but the entry did not save, so you were unable to read it. The book title is "The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die". The secrets are basically things we know but never stop and think about them. The author interviewed 235 people between the ages of 60 and 105. His original sample was 15,000 people! He felt that people in this age range had lived long enough to share about their lives. If you want to know the Five Secrets, I will tell you in another entry. However, I thought it would be interesting to post an entry about each of the questions the author asked these people which resulted in his great book.

One of the quotes that I found profound was a quote from an elderly man: "I spent most of my life on things. People always came in a distant second in terms of my priorities. Now I realize that my BMW doesn’t come visit me in the nursing home."

This book is amazing. I would like to start a book discussion!

So here is the first question for you to ponder from The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die.

Pretend that you are at a dinner party, and everyone is sitting in a circle. The host invites each person to take just a few minutes to describe the life he or she has lived. If you were at the party and you wanted people to know as much about your life as possible in those few minutes, what would you say? Describe the life you have lived thus far.