{"id":11321,"date":"2023-09-06T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taminhtuan.vn\/?p=11321"},"modified":"2024-07-07T06:31:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T06:31:56","slug":"neu-hom-nay-la-ngay-cuoi-cung-con-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taminhtuan.vn\/en\/neu-hom-nay-la-ngay-cuoi-cung-con-song\/","title":{"rendered":"If today were your last day alive\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Then I will still go upstairs to greet my eldest daughter before school, telling her that successful people tend to wake early, stay cheerful, and seize opportunities rather than miss them (the school bus coming to collect her)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still personally taking my two other children to school, checking whether their sandals are on the right feet and why there is no carton of plant milk in their bags, and wishing them a happy, good day of learning before they enter class<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still <\/a>I told one of the other older children: study well this morning, and this afternoon, if there is any free time between two lessons, I will take you to buy your birthday toy (the child is homeschooled).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I asked the elderly lottery-ticket seller whether she was from Qu\u1ea3ng Ng\u00e3i. When she replied that she was from Nam \u0110\u1ecbnh, I still bought 2 tickets to support her, because I had 2 tens left in small change<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having a glass of b\u1ea1c x\u1ec9u, milky Vietnamese coffee, this morning after taking my child to school<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feeling the love I receive and being deeply moved by it, my eyes welling up over that simple thing\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will still make time for what I most need to do now: sharing and teaching the path that unites the material and spiritual<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will still continue writing the final chapter of my 6th book<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still making time to meditate and breathe, even with only one day of breathing left<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still looking up at the sky, moved by the beauty of creation and the peace of its blue; all of us share that same sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still grateful that, as I write these lines, breath remains present in my body<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will still pause and settle into listening to a beautiful piece of music playing in the caf\u00e9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This afternoon, I will still pick up my children and bring them home<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will add something different from my usual schedule: visiting my mother, relatives, and several other people I need to meet and speak with<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the evening, I will watch a good, meaningful film with my wife and talk with her<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before turning 29, I wrote in my first book that people should be able to question their lives until death<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After 31, I no longer doubted my life. I stopped questioning its meaning and simply lived<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will remember my father and his words: \u201cThe extraordinary is the ordinary from which we take flight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will still do the ordinary things I do every day, with a few additions\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because I have already lived that way every day<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day at a time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nothing is meaningless<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everything has meaning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to all the beautiful souls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to creation & life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that every day we can experience life and rebirth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And live<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Th\u00ec t\u00f4i v\u1eabn s\u1ebd l\u00ean l\u1ea7u, ch\u00e0o con g\u00e1i \u0111\u1ea7u tr\u01b0\u1edbc khi con \u0111\u1ebfn tr\u01b0\u1eddng, n\u00f3i v\u1edbi con r\u1eb1ng ng\u01b0\u1eddi th\u00e0nh c\u00f4ng th\u01b0\u1eddng d\u1eady s\u1edbm, vui v\u1ebb, kh\u00f4ng b\u1ecf l\u1ee1 m\u00e0 n\u1eafm b\u1eaft \u0111\u01b0\u1ee3c c\u01a1 h\u1ed9i (xe bus tr\u01b0\u1eddng \u0111\u1ebfn \u0111\u00f3n) V\u1eabn t\u1ef1 \u0111\u01b0a hai \u0111\u1ee9a con kh\u00e1c \u0111\u1ebfn tr\u01b0\u1eddng, ch\u00fa \u00fd xem ch\u00fang mang […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hanh-trinh-chia-se"],"yoast_head":"\nIf Today Were My Last Day Alive... - T\u1ea1 Minh Tu\u1ea5n<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/taminhtuan.vn\/en\/neu-hom-nay-la-ngay-cuoi-cung-con-song\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"If Today Were My Last Day Alive... - T\u1ea1 Minh Tu\u1ea5n\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Then I will still go upstairs to greet my eldest daughter before school, telling her that successful people tend to wake early, stay cheerful, and seize opportunities rather than miss them (the school bus coming to collect her). 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