Live like you were dying

A couple weeks ago the thing that was really bothering me was the fact that Dad thought and behaved as though he had years left to live when he really only had months. I understand that we all had to have faith that he would beat the cancer, none more so then he. But I wondered how he would have spent those 9 months if he knew they were all he had. The song that kept running through my head was "Live like you were dying". As I listened to the lyrics I realised that dad was always living the way the man in the song described. I don't want to type all the lyrics but the highlights are ...oh heck I hope you have time to listen to the song because I don't have time to type all I wanted to . I like watching the Lion King better than Time Mcgraw so here you go. Basically I think dad was reading the good book , being a good friend, climbing mountians, watching eagles, giving forgiveness, being a good husband and a heap of other stuff everyday, unlike the character in this song who started living that way only when he thought he was going to die.