lightning strikes twice

by Eugene O’Kelly

It starts “I was blessed. I was told I had three months to live.”, and from there we follow Eugene O’Kelly’s last days alive. He takes a very pragmatic and planned approach to how to best spend this time, which is strange on one hand, but makes complete sense on the other. Probably the most enlightening portions of his story are about how he learned to tackle life better, in the face of death. He constantly focused on “staying in the moment”, and spent the bulk of his time tieing up loose ends with friends, colleagues and family. If we all approached life like he approached death, we’d probably have a lot more peace in our lives.