Living Today as if it is my last

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Spyridon said:
think you are not quite grasping what “live each day like it’s your last” means for a Catholic.
Most assuredly it does not mean you go out and drain your bank account (although for me that would only be about $2.25) or do something drastic.
It means you prepare yourself sacramentally, spiritually, mentally to meet your Maker, and have your affairs in order for your surviving kinfolk.
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Have to admit Spyridon, my finances are only slightly better than yours. 🙂 So draining my accounts wont be a big deal.
My prayer life needs a huge makeover so I will be taking some of your advice.
 
“Ugh…I’ve been crying and crying and NO ONE is feeding me yet!”
 
sallybutler said:
However, on a financial level, living today as your last would more likely lead to setting up a will so you could make sure others benefited from your bank account instead of going out to lunch. Perhaps it would be paying for a year’s worth of dog walking services so your partner and your dog would suffer less from your demise.

I don’t think it means spend everything you have now so no one else can use it later.
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My partner gets the house. That is the only collateral I’ve got. Oh the car too. I forgot. She can worry about giving to the poor before her death. You gonna deny me my last meals? That’s mean if you ask me.
 
Be holy and don’t neglect your responsibilities because you might leave them in complete disorder if it truly is your last day.
 
Wesrock said:
Be holy and don’t neglect your responsibilities because you might leave them in complete disorder if it truly is your last day
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Actually I don’t think one day is enough time to do all that.
 
This thread isn’t good. I seriously thought the OP was planning suicide.
 
So hopefully you get more. Living each day as if it’s your last means being prepared, not getting rid of preparedness altogether.
 
No, I’m not denying you your last two meals. But, you might want to consider fasting. It’s a time-honored tradition. Especially when combined with prayer.
 
Saxum said:
This thread isn’t good.
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Some of you may feel it is in bad taste. I will be disappointed if you flag it to get it removed. My intention was to explore the meaning of “living today as if it is our last”. I don’t think my intention was disrespectful or macabre. Sorry if you were offended.
 
Saxum said:
isn’t good. I seriously thought the OP was planning suicide.
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An edit of the OP with some rephrasing and/or clarification is in order, as you, another person, and myself all picked up that vibe from the way it’s worded at this moment.

Remember @goodcatholic - we have no visual, auditory or tactile cues. We can’t hear your tone, see your body language, look at your face, none of that. It’s easy for words to be misinterpreted in online text.
 
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goodcatholic said:
Just want to say goodbye to you all, if it is my last day that is. My new policy is to live each day as if it is my last.
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I think it is quite clear I am treating this as a hypothetical. I wont be rephrasing it btw
 
I wasn’t offended. I was worried for you. It reads like an online suicide note.
 
Spyridon said:
we have no visual, auditory or tactile cues. We can’t hear your tone, see your body language, look at your face, none of that. It’s easy for words to be misinterpreted in online text.
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So it wont be the first time, that someone has misread or misunderstood a post online. That’s all.
 
Saxum said:
wasn’t offended. I was worried for you. It reads like an online suicide note.
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Really? I would never do that. 1) its too selfish. 2) I might fail and end up disabled 3) I’m a Christian Catholic 4) I don’t like any associated pain 5) It is never the right choice
 
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