If you were to be gone today from this Earth, how would the world you left behind react? I'm not talking about the whole world but, rather, your piece of it. Answer this question and it may change your life.

Obviously, you can't presume to know how everybody feels about you but, in a lot of cases, you can have a pretty good idea.

Are there people in you life who, if you left right now, would be abslolutely crushed for reasons other than the obvious "hole" you leave?

Maybe you badmouthed somebody and never apologized. Perhaps you had a fight with a family member or friend and never made up. Possibly, you were going to tell someone how special they are to you but just couldn't figure out how to say it so you put it off.

I challenge you to think about any "unfinished business" that deserves attention. Think hard because there, undoubtedly, is some. When you figure out what it is, get busy finishing it because we never know if we (or the person affected) is going to be there five minutes from now, let alone tomorrow.

Now, this isn't meant to be morbid. It's only meant to be realistic. This is life. This IS real and, in case you didn't already realize it, life is fragile and uncertain from one minute to the next.

A woman here in Maine had words with her son and said something to him. He returned the comment with an eyeroll. A short time later, he committed suicide. The family will never be the same again. To this day, and probably forever, this mom, who is loving and caring, lives in agony, overcome with guilt.

Though an extreme example, it shows how quickly life can be here and gone.

My mom always use to say something that I never understood until I got older. She'd tell me, "don't let the sun set on your anger."

See? Making up is unfinished business. Do what YOU can to make everything good with those closest to you. Do it now. If something happens to them or you, guilt will be one of the emotions you don't have to deal with during what's sure to be a difficult grieving process.

So go through everyone closest to you and, with each person, ask yourself, "is there any unfinished business I need to take care of?"

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