Hello, welcome to another episode of the Chris Terrell podcast.

This is an incredibly special episode for me.

Because you see, three years ago today, my dad passed away.

Three years ago today, I sat in a room as I watched my father take his last breath. You know,

two months prior to that moment, I had no idea that was coming. My dad had a saying that he would,

he liked to say to me, live life like it matters.

Planes crash people die.

Isn't it a great day to be alive?

You know, there was something I read in a book when I was younger

that every day above dirt is a great day to be alive.

Finding out about my dad's cancer and being told we have less than two months

time with him really, really shifted my perspective on time. Made it mean something totally different

to me. I was aware of the fact that one day we're going to die. I was aware of the fact that even

sometimes people die suddenly. I knew that consciously.

But when you hear that one of the closest people to you in your life has less than two months

before they will be gone, all of a sudden a single day matters.

And I didn't figure that out quick enough.

One of the things in my case that contributed to my weight gain

was the fact that I let my actions,

what I chose to do, run through a filter

that I let get really ingrained in my mind.

You know, because every decision you ever make, you run it through a set of filters.

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