Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

Have you ever noticed that it's so easy to go through life, thinking that you're going to

make it through unscathed or trying to make it through unscathed?

We are all going in the very same direction, my friends,

and death has a 100% success rate. So why do we go through life? Just trying to avoid any problems,

hiding, not bothering anybody. Why do we think there is so much value or virtue in not bothering people? Do you want on your tombstone?

Here lies Lauren. She never bothered anybody. Or here lies Ken. He was cautious until the very end.

Like that is something to reward or to celebrate. My friends, life isn't something to survive

because none of us will. It is a gift every single day to be lived. I remember Oprah Winfrey

was one time talking about sunrise faith, meaning every day, no matter what happened the day before

or the week before or the year before, no matter how you feel, how heavy, what's going on,

the sun rises. Isn't that already something to celebrate? You have a new beginning.

What I've learned and the research that I've done has revealed to me that at the end of

our lives, which arrive probably far sooner than any of us expect or even desire, at the end of

it all, what we're going to regret isn't our restraint. It isn't holding back. It isn't, oh, I'm really happy I didn't take

that risk or, you know, praise God that I didn't go in that direction or, gosh, I'm just really

happy that I went down the well-worn path and I never ruffled any feathers, upset anyone,

or I just very much stayed in my own quiet lane. That is not something that you're going to be

celebrating and happy with later. It's going to be the moments where you can tell stories. Maybe you're

a bit reckless. Maybe you took a risk. Maybe you did the thing. Maybe you rebelled somehow. Maybe

you just followed your heart. It's not about just

making it through as gently and as softly and tiptoeing around life until you hit the grave one day.

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