One More Day

Yep, here comes another movie review. I know that’s two in a row, what’s the deal? Well, to be honest, it was the weekend and there were some new movies out so I took some time and watched a few. I do like to watch movies. It’s a hobby of some sort. Today’s article is going to be about the movie “For One More Day.” This particular movie is a drama about a man’s life and his trials and tribulations he experiences that lead to his “One More Day.” I don’t want to give the movie away so I won’t go in any detail other than to say that the movie is worth the rent. It’s a dramatic story of a fictional man as he reaches his wits end after years of falling deeper and deeper into an existence he can no longer withstand. You follow him through his periods through flashbacks of his childhood, his young adulthood, and finally, his middle aged period. You experience the issues of his life and feel the emotion as you are shown the path he has chosen. Watch as his “One More Day” unfolds and takes you through the many ups and downs his life endured.

I’m not going to talk about something within the movie itself, but I am going to talk about the title itself, “For One More Day.” We live our lives, KNOWING that we will go to sleep, and wake up for another day, another day of work, errands, or rest. We just KNOW that the morning will come. It’s hard not to. We live our lives in a manner where we do what it takes to get by. Do what it takes to get through to the weekend. Do what it takes to get the next bill paid. Do what it takes to live our lives. But, what exactly are we doing to live our lives? Are we doing anything outside of basically existing? Are we making an impact on our world? Are we impacting other people’s lives in a good way? Are we really living? I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “Live like you were dying.” That’s the focus of my “For One More Day” thoughts.

One More Day, just 24 hours of existence, how important is that? In our lives, 24 hours can pass by in an instant. We satisfy our time with nothing more than fluff and filler a vast majority of our time. I include myself here. There are many hours wasted in my life that will never return. How do we pull the reigns in over our wasted time? How do we get that one more day mentality to enter our existence? What can be done in a 24 hour period? You can spend the day with your family, having meaningful conversation while teaching your children. You can take your children to a park or an event that they will never forget. You can spend the time with your parents, cook them dinner, and let them know how much you love them. You can donate your time to a charity such as the Make a Wish Foundation and affect many people in need. You can help build something for the community that will play a part in many people’s lives for years to come. There are just too many potential great things that you can do in 24 hours than could possibly be named.

If you lived every day of your life like you had just One More Day, how would you change your current utilization of time? I’m sure it would be a VERY drastic change and you probably wouldn’t be sitting here reading this. I’m sure I wouldn’t be sitting here typing this. We are satiated with the existence of a seemingly endless supply of tomorrow, of coming hours, of coming seasons. We have lost the urgency of living. We have succumbed to the forces of nature which lead us to believe that we can be immortal, or at least for a short period of time. It doesn’t go together, immortal implies forever, short isn’t quite forever. However, that’s how we think. We think we are here forever until it’s too late. Until we are old and fragile and cannot do what we once could. We need to take back the urgency of living and spend our time and existence as if we were only on this earth for one more day.

I’m not saying that this can be done overnight. What I propose to everyone reading this and to those you talk to about it, is to focus on changing something in each day of your life knowingly focusing on it like it’s one of the last things you would be capable of doing while on earth. Maybe it’s only 30 minutes to start with, maybe it’s an hour, or it might even be just 5 minutes. It doesn’t matter, but it’s a start in your life. It’s a start of bringing back the urgency of truly living in your life. Do not allow your life to merely be an existence. Make your life something more. Make it an impact in the lives of those around you. Make it a point to live.

Sounds simple doesn’t it? Fight the simplistic living of existing in the rat race. Live with urgency. Live with the desire to make an impact with everything you do. Live like you just have One More Day to share with your family. The impact we can have while living with urgency is far too great to measure. If we can motivate ourselves to “Work at Living,” then our “Living to Work” mentality will be replaced. I want my life to mean something, not for selfish reasons, but because I know I’m here for a reason. That reason is not to merely exist. Whatever the reason, I know that if I live life with an URGENCY to live, I will find that reason and I can help others find theirs. Find your reason, live your life with urgency, and refuse to just exist.