The rise of Susan Boyle to celebrity status should be a wake-up call for all of us. What gifts are we holding on to that need to be given away? I have an expression which takes on added significance with each birthday “Are you burning daylight wisely?” It is a way to ensure I am not wasting life’s precious moments hanging on to something, regretting something, and what Susan Boyle illustrated not pursuing something important to me. I chose Burning Daylight as my twitter name because I want to remind myself of the clock ticking on my own mortality. I hope in me being present to life not being a dress rehearsal so will you be present.

Susan Boyle’s performance was not a dress rehearsal. Maybe it took her four decades to debut, but now she is the star of her own movie. It was worth it to see her touch the ever so stereotypical sardonic British Pierce. If this is not proof anything is possible what is? She was instantly dismissed by the cynical panel because of her appearance, but her raw talent proceeded to break open the possibility that anything is possible. I don’t usually share these stories (as my team told me “you are not the balloons and streamers type”), but her voice gave new meaning to how I burn daylight.

This is the first in what will be a weekly post on this topic. I invite you to share your stories of how you are making the most of brief time you have here in this incarnation. Daylight burns no matter what.

What are you doing with your remaining light?