The band is called As I Lay Dying.
Immediately, the wheels in my head began to churn. Not so much because I was interested in As I Lay Dying's music, they are more of a metal band and we all know that I tend to like music that I can sing to. No, I was interested in As I Lay Dying, literally. The combination of those four little words and the intended meaning behind the expression
If the end of my life just so happened to come today, as I lay dying, what would I be thinking?
As I lay dying... would I have regrets about the way I had lived? The choices I had made?
As I lay dying... would I be unable to count my loved ones on just my fingers and toes?
As I lay dying... would I have seen and done all that I had dreamed of?
As I lay dying... would I look at my life and be confident I had been the best I could have been?
As I lay dying... would I be leaving the world a better place?
As I lay dying... when I am asked to give an accounting of the difference I have made, would the evidence be sufficient to convict me?
I wonder these things.
And as I do, I realize that the difference between today and as I lay dying is that there is still time.
Still time to choose.
Still time to love, to act, to hope, to dream and to grow.
Still time.
I should make the most of it.
(this link is to as i lay dying's latest single. the image of the butterfly was not lost on me. :) )
