"Don't Give Up"

Years later in an interview, Sakai shared this advice: “The message I wish to convey is please, live each day as if it were your entire life. If you start something today, finish it today. Tomorrow is another world.”

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to di

For a close, remember this, that your life is short, your duties many, your assistance great, and your reward sure; therefore faint not, hold on and hold up, in ways of well- doing, and heaven shall make amends for all!