WhenIwas17，Ireadaquotethatwentsomethinglike：“Ifyouliveeachdayasifitwereyourlast，somedayyou’11mostcertainlyberight．”Itmadeadeep36onme．andsincethen。forthepast33years，Ihave37int

　　WhenIwas17，Ireadaquotethatwentsomethinglike：“Ifyouliveeachdayasifitwereyourlast，somedayyou’11mostcertainlyberight．”Itmadeadeep 36 onme．andsincethen。forthe past33years，Ihave 37 inthemirroreverymorningandaskedmyself：“Iftodaywerethelastdayofmylife， 38 IwanttodowhatIamabouttodotoday?”Andwhenevertheanswerhasbeen“No”fortoomanydaysina 39 ，IknowIneedtochangesomething．

　　RememberingthatI’llbe 40 soonisthemostimportanttoolI’veeverknowntohelpmemakethebig 41 inlifebecausealmosteverythingfallsawayinthefaceofdeath， 42onlywhatistrulyimportant

　　AboutayearagoIwas 43 withcancerMydoctorevenadvisedmetogohomeandgetmyaffairs 44 order，whichisadoctor’swayoftellingpeopletopreparetodie．I 45 withthatdiagnosisallday． 46 ，atlastanadvancedtestshowedthati。。twasaveryrarecancerthatis 47 withsurgery．IhadthesurgeryandI’mfinenow

　　48 wantstodie．Evenpeoplewhowanttogotoheavendon’twanttodietogetthereAndyetdeathisthedestinationweall 49 ．Noonehaseverescapedit.Andthatisasitshouldbe，becausedeathisverylikelythesinglebestinventionof 50 ．Itislife'schangeagentItclearsouttheoldto 51 forthenew．Rightnowthenewisyou．butsomedaynottoo 52 fromn6w，youwill．gradually’becometheoldandbeclearedaway．Sorrytobesodramatic，butitisquitetrue．

　　Yourtimeis 53 ，sodon’twasteitliving，someoneelse’s1ife．Don’tbe 54 bydogma（教条）—whichislivingwiththeresultsofotherpeople’sthinking．Don’tletthenoiseofothers’opinionsdrownoutyourowninner 55 ．Andmostimportantly，havethecouragetofollowyourheart

　　36．A．impression B．curse C．decision D．joke

　　37．A．seen B．looked C．found D．1ost

　　38．A．would B．should C．might D．could

　　39．A．hurry B．1ine C．moment D．row

　　40．A．successful B．rich C．dead D．frustrated

　　41．A．apologies B．fortune C．impressions D．choices

　　42．A．proving B．leaving