{"id":1677,"date":"2011-04-04T07:58:50","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T15:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/?p=1677"},"modified":"2023-04-17T16:12:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T00:12:05","slug":"if-today-was-your-last-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/04\/if-today-was-your-last-day\/","title":{"rendered":"If Today Was Your Last Day&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https:\/\/heathervale.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/04\/if-today-was-your-last-day\/&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=1&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fheathervale.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2F04%2F04%2Fif-today-was-your-last-day%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><p>What would you do differently&#8230; If Today Was Your Last Day?<\/p>\n<p>Certainly worthy of pondering every now and then:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Against the grain should be a way of life,<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s worth the price is always worth the fight.<br \/>\nEvery second counts &#8217;cause there&#8217;s no second try,<br \/>\nSo live like you&#8217;re never living twice.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t take the free ride in your own life.<\/p>\n<p>If today was your last day and tomorrow was too late,<br \/>\nCould you say goodbye to yesterday?<br \/>\nWould you live each moment like your last?<br \/>\nLeave old pictures in the past?<br \/>\nDonate every dime you had?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Nickelback, <em>If Today Was Your Last Day<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<span class=\"vvqbox vvqyoutube\" style=\"width:425px;height:335px;\"><span id=\"vvq-1677-youtube-1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lrXIQQ8PeRs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/lrXIQQ8PeRs\/0.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube Preview Image\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p><strong>Keep Unwrapping the Mysteries of Life!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Heather Vale Goss\" src=\"http:\/\/heathervale.com\/images\/sigHVG_2.1_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"35\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would you do differently&#8230; If Today Was Your Last Day? 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