Today I want to talk about a trap that so many of us fall into. In fact, almost everybody falls into this trap.

There's a man I know. He's turning 75 next month and he said recently that for the first time I'm

starting to realize that I'm turning 75 years old and I haven't really lived for myself.

Don't get me wrong, I've survived, I've paid my bills I supported my family but now I'm realizing

that I haven't really lived for me I haven't really done what makes me happy what

lights me up inside. On top of that, he found out

recently that he had prostate cancer and he went into the hospital to have it removed and so far he's doing okay but there's

no telling when it's going to come back.

In fact he said that's what's been getting him to think about his life even

more and every time he goes to the hospital for a checkup to see if the cancer has come back. He starts thinking about his life, what he's done, the decisions he's made, the habits he has and he wonders

Have I really been doing what I wanted and he figured out that the answer was no

And I want to ask you are are you really doing what you want to do in life?

Or are you doing what most people do?

Oh, well, you know, I'm not that happy. I'm not really spending time trying to take care of myself,

but I'm taking care of others, and that's really important. I'm surviving. I'm paying for my family.

I'm putting everything off. I'm being a good parent or I'm a being a responsible member of society.

But here's the thing. If you're not living your truth, if you're not doing things that make you happy, that get you excited, that make you perform at the highest level that you can, then you're really not taking care of everybody else.

You're really not being a responsible member of society.

You're messing up. And in fact, this guy who I know, and by the way, this is a true story,

he started to change his habits.

He started to take better care of himself.

He started going from a cigarette smoker,

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