All of us have read thrilling
stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to
live.Sometimes it was as long as a year,sometimes as short as
twenty-four hours.But always we were interested in discovering just
how the doomed man chose to spend his last days or hours...In
stories the doomed hero is usually saved at the last minute by some
stroke of fortune,but almost always his sense of value is
changed.
Such stories set us
thinking,wondering what we should do under similar
circumstances...After thinking seriously,you might think it'd be a
excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow.Such
attitude would emphasize sharply the value of life!We should live
each day with a gentleness,a vigor,and a keenness of
appreciation.
Most of us,however,take life
for granted.We know that one day we must die ,but usually we
picture that day as far in