When you’re in your day to day, it’s easy to lose perspective.
Ten years ago, I was going through a rough patch in my life. One day, I met an old man at a coffee shop. Whenever someone asked him how he was doing, he’d always say, “It’s the best day of my life.”
You might think he had won the lottery, sold a business, his child got married, or hit some big life goal. But it was none of these things.
When I asked him why he said it was the best day of his life, he told me, “At some point, I realized I had fewer days left than I’ve lived. So, every new day is the best day of my life.”
From 46 Reflections on a Life Half Over [Unmistakable Creative]