WhenIwas17Ireadaquotethatwentsomethinglike:"Ifyouliveeachdayasifitwereyourlastsomedayyou'llmostcertainlyberight."Itmadeanimpressiononmeandsincethenforthepast33yearsIhavelookedinthemirrorev

　　WhenIwas17Ireadaquotethatwentsomethinglike:"Ifyouliveeachdayasifitwereyourlastsomedayyou'llmostcertainlyberight."Itmadeanimpressiononmeandsincethenforthepast33yearsIhavelookedinthemirroreverymorningandaskedmyself"IftodaywerethelastdayofmylifewouldIwanttodowhatIamabouttodotoday?"

　　RememberingthatI'llbedeadsoonisthemostimportanttoolI'veeverencounteredtohelpmemakethebigchoiceinlife.

　　AboutayearagoIwasdiagnosedwithcancer.ThedoctorstoldmethiswasalmostcertainlyatypeofcancerthatwasincurableandthatIwouldlivenolongerthanthreetosixmonths.Mydoctoradvisedmetogohomeandgetmyaffairsinorderwhichismydoctors'codeforpreparingyourselftodie.

　　Ilivedwiththatdiagnosisallday.Iwascompletelyindespair.LaterthateveningIhadanotherexaminationandmywifetoldmethattumorturnedtobecurablewithsurgery.IhadthesurgeryandI'mfinenow.

　　ThiswastheclosestI'vebeentofacingdeath.Totellthetruthnoonewantstodie.Andyetdeathisthedestinationweallshare.Noonehaseverescapedit.Itclearsouttheoldtomakeroomforthenew.Rightnowthenewisyoubutsomedaynottoolongfromnowyouwillgraduallybecometheoldandbeclearedaway.

　　Yourtimeissolimitedthatyoushouldn'twasteitrepeatingsomeoneelse'slife.Don'tbetrappedbydogma（教条）—whichislivingwiththeresultsofotherpeople'sthinking.Don'tletthenoiseofothers'opinionsdrownoutyourowninnervoice.Andmostimportantlyhavethecouragetofollowyourheart.Itsomehowalreadyknowswhatyoutrulywanttobecome.Everythingelseissecondary.

　　【小题1】Thedoctoradvisedtheauthortogohomeandgethisaffairsinorderbecause______.

　　A．hehadtorestathomeB．hisdiseasecouldn'tbecuredC．hisdiseasewasnotseriousatallD．hehadtowaitfortheresultofthetest【小题2】Whatdoestheauthorthinkofdeath?A．Hethinksitisimpossibletoavoid.B．Hethinksitisnottheendoflife.C．Hethinksitisnothingtobescaredof.D．Hethinksitisthebeginningofanewlife.【