After 90 remarkable years, Winston Churchill’s last words were, “I’m bored with it all.”
Classic Hollywood star Humphrey Bogart allegedly said, “I should have never switched from Scotch to martinis.” (You’ve been warned.)
Consistent with the selfless way she lived, abolitionist icon and hero Harriet Tubman used her final words to encourage:
“Tell the women to stand firm. I go to prepare a place for you.”
What do you want your last words to be to those you care about? What is that final message?
The sobering truth is that we never know which words will be our last. For any number of reasons, the next conversation could be the final conversation. I don’t mean to dramatize the situation here, but life is fragile and unpredictable. Your whole world can shift in an instant.
So, if you have an encouragement to share, share it. If there’s something you’ve been meaning to say, don’t hold back. If you know the words about to roll off your tongue will sting unnecessarily, picture them etched in time as your final send-off.
Speak life and love and hope and truth as if the next words are the last you’ll have a chance to speak—your famous last words.
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