live like there's no tomorrow

I've never really understood what it means to live like there's no tomorrow. I've never really understood that is, until now. I seem to live a pretty routine life, going to school five out of the seven days of the week, passing the same people in the hall after each class, basketball every day after school. Sometimes it's hard to wake up in the morning when the sun has yet to rise with the temperature below freezing and think that it's going to be a great day. And what does it matter if maybe you aren't in the best mood, greeting everyone you see with a smile, having the best attitude that you can? It's hard. It's hard when the day before didn't go like you planned; someone hurt you, you let someone down, you let yourself down. It's hard when it seems like school is all the consumes your life, every hour you spend awake during the day. But you move on. The day passes by, you get through the challenges that you had been dreading and a new day comes. That is the beauty of it all. The sun sets on the day, and the sun rises on a new day, a new opportunity. An opporunity to live life like there's no tomorrow.

And then you question yourself. Why today? Why not tomorrow? And it's simple. Because tomorrow will not always be there. Tomorrow on earth is not eternity. Each day passes by in the blink of an eye. Suddenly it's tomorrow and yesterday was wasted. Yesterday was wasted because you were too busy worrying about the troubles of the day before when so much is happening in the present. It has most recently hit me. Almost every day I am reminded that I am leaving soon. Every day it is brought up by someone or something. Every day, I realize more and more that the tomorrow with the people I am surrounded by will be gone; the people that I love. Friends who have grown to be more like sisters, brothers; a brother who has grown to be more of a friend. And although it is sad, it is important to cherish the time that I have. It's time to start living in the present, to stop worrying about the day before, to stop worrying about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. For now, it's time to start living like there is no tomorrow, to start living life to the fullest.