Yeah… I know – It’s all very cliche but very true.

I was “Alive” but I seriously needed to “Get A Life”. We all needed to get out there and “Live a little” before it’s too late.

If I had waited a few more years it would have been much more difficult to make that kind of move. We all get married or get in debt or whatever. Things start to lock you down over the years.

It was a terrible experience that you had but maybe it’s better that you had it while you are young versus in your 50′s. You still have a lot of freedom. Probably more than you realize.

Now excuse me while I go to YouTube and watch the “Sunscreen Song” (Signature link)

I remember it well… What!? – Arlan is Near-Death!? – Seriously? – WTF!? – Arlan never gets sick? (Scary Stuff!)

Also… I remember everyone thinking “If it can happen to Arlan, it could happen to me”.

You seem like you’ve made a 100% recovery. Thank Goodness.

Ya-know – Thinking about death is kind of how I wound up in Hawaii. My buddy’s Dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer and had about 3 to 6 months of semi-normal life left before he would start to get seriously ill and need to be hospitalized.

Fast forward about 5 months later – His Dad is in the hospital dying… My buddy was upset because his Dad spent the last few months of his life sitting at home and watching TV – Just like he did before he got sick.

So… We had the conversation about “What would you do if you only had a few months left to live?”

My first thought was “I would go to Hawaii”. My buddy agreed – Hawaii would be a great place to live your life.

So then… We asked each other “What are we waiting for? – Why do we need to be on our death-beds before we do something cool with our lives?”

So… We purchased one-way tickets the next day and moved out here about a month later. That was 10 years ago last December.