To live like you were dying

He said I was in my early forties, with a lot of life before me
When a moment came that stopped me on a dime.
I spent most of the next days, looking at the X-rays
Talking about the options and talking about sweet times.
I asked him when it sank in, that this might really be the real end
How's it hit you when you get that kind of news?
Man, what did you do?

He said:

                                      

I went skydiving

I went Rocky Mountain climbing

I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu

And I loved deeper

And I spoke sweeter

And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying

And he said someday I hope you get the chance

To live like you were dying.

 

 - Tim McGraw