How To Live Your Life To The Fullest?

I fly a lot.

Almost every month.

But there’s a problem.

I became ‘a nervous flyer’.

I freak out when turbulence strikes.

In fact, while  writing these words, I am on the plane going from Bali to Doha.

I have ordered my third whisky to tame my nerves.

I have done a bunch of meditations and visualisations already.

I have ended up listening to yoga as my last resort of peace.

(Seriously? … I know right)

1. QUESTIONING

In the past year, flying has become a contemplation of life… and well… death…

Besides giving mecramps in my stomach, trembling hands and a pumping heart, these moments of turbulence really get me thinking about the way I lead my life:

Am I living it to the fullest?

Whom do I love the most?

Have I wasted much time on meaningless activities?

Have I come to express my talents and skills to their maximum potential?

Have I allowed myself to LIVE: be crazy, love, work, create, travel…?

Have I allowed myself to wake up on Monday morning, ditch work, swim in the pool and enjoy the sun?

Have I told my brother, mother and father how much I love and admire them?

Have I thanked my closest friends for being there for me and with me?

Have I taken up all the opportunities that life has presented to me?

Have I thanked myself for working hard and creating my life so consciously?

Have I shortchanged, lied or betrayed myself or, the opposite, have I been loyal to myself and carried myself with integrity?

2. DARING

And so, as the plane is caught in turbulence, I go through questions like the above.

And it gets to the point where I end up in tears.

No, thank god, the turbulence isn’t that bad…

The tears are those of joy, stemming from the realisation that most questions confirm that I took the chance and opportunity to live  to the best of my ability…

That I dared to tell people I liked that I liked them.

That I dared to tell my brother how important he was to me.

That I dared to tell my mother in our recent conversation how much our conversations matter to me.

That I dared to overcome the pain of losing a loved one.

That I dared to stand up and speak in front of an audience of a hundred and share my story.

That I dared to relocate to Bali on a shoe-string budget.

That I dared to believe that life isn’t a sequence of random events but magic at work, divine play in action…

That I lived so fully, so wholly, so utterly that even if this turbulence were to be my final turbulence, I’d know that I’ve lived…

3. GRATITUDE

And it brings me to the moment of gratefulness…

Where I realise how much I have  been given and chosen to create…

When I realise how much other people have loved me…

When I realise how many exciting, vibrant and full experiences I’ve had…

When I realise how blessed I’ve felt even in the darkest of times…

What set of questions would you ask yourself in times of life’s turbulence?

What is your own definition of living fully and wholly?

What is there left to do that would make you know you’re living up to your fullest potential?

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