When I was 17, I read a quotethatwentsomethinglike, Ifyouliveeachdayasifitwasyourlast, somedayyou'llmostcertainlyberight.
17歳のとき、『毎日を最後の日だと思って生きれば、いつか必ずその通りになる』という言葉を読んだ。
Itmadeanimpressiononme, andsincethen, forthepast 33 years, I'velookedinthemirroreverymorningandaskedmyselfiftodaywerethelastdayofmylife, would I wanttodowhat I amabouttodotoday?
Laterthatevening, I had a biopsywheretheystuckanendoscopedownmythroat, throughmystomachandintomyintestines, put a needleintomypancreasandgot a fewcellsfromthetumor.
I wassedated, butmywife, whowasthere, toldmethatwhentheyviewedthecellsunder a microscope, thedoctorsstartedcryingbecauseitturnedouttobe a veryrareformofpancreaticcancerthatiscurablewithsurgery.