What would you do if you knew the day, hour, minute and method of your death?
Even if it is fifty years, three months, seven days, six hours and 32 seconds from now, peacefully in your sleep?
How would it change the way you spent today? Tomorrow?
Because that time, that moment - exists for all of us.
We often avoid thinking about it, because it’s uncomfortable to think about.
It’s so uncomfortable to think about we’ve invented entire religions to solve the problem of those feelings, religions which promise that it won’t be the end - that there’s another place, or you get another go, or there was even one which promised you’d get a ride on a spaceship hiding behind the Hale-Bopp comet. (Oh hang on, that was a cult. Well you know the old saying: cults + time = religion.)
I think about what it would mean for my life if I knew the exact day, hour, minute and method of my death.
One of Australia’s most successful authors ever, Liane Moriarty has been contemplating this too. It’s the premise of her latest novel - “Here One Moment”.
Liane is one of the most successful Authors in the world, thanks to her brilliant books Big Little Lies, Truly Madly Guilty, Nine Perfect Strangers and so many more.
However she didn’t get there in a straight line.
It’s not always as simple as “knowing what you want to be” and “finding your passion”, Liane’s journey is inspiring, relatable and makes it seem like anyone could indeed go for it.
And why not? I mean, we’re all going to die - do we want to die wondering?
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