Ever pondered on how many trips around the sun you have left? It's a question that might put you on edge, but it's one that is bound to shake your perspective on life. On today's episode of Empowered Within, a thought-provoking conversation unfolds, discussing the average lifespan, the preciousness of time, and the importance of seizing the day. From captivating dialogues to personal stories from yours truly, Jennifer Pilates, this episode is a powerful reminder to truly value our fleeting moments.
Delving into the harsh reality of our remaining time, this episode aims to inspire you to reevaluate your life and its countless intricacies. It's time to stop tolerating things that don't deserve your energy and start to prioritize what truly lights you up. Tune in to gain a perspective that might just give you the jolt needed to live each day to its fullest. After all, every breath, every moment on this earth is priceless. Until next time, may you live an empowered life from within. - Jennifer Pilates
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Welcome to Empowered Within, a soul-clenching, transformational podcast that will set your soul on fire. Through candid and inspiring conversations, leading experts, celebrities, healers and I share our journeys of how we've overcome challenges to living an empowered life from within. I'm your host, jennifer Pilates. Welcome to another episode of Empowered Within.
Speaker 2:
Hi there and welcome to today's show. I'm so excited that you're here and I'm so excited for our conversation today. We are chatting about how many trips around the sun do you have left. Some of you are probably saying I have no idea what that means, jennifer. So let's think about it. There's 12 astrological signs, there's 12 astrological months. Every year, you literally circle the sun for 11 months till the next month, which would be your 12th month, which would be your birthday. So how many birthdays do you have left? How many circles around the sun do you have left?
Speaker 2:
Now this came up as I was chatting with a friend who was saying you know, it's really interesting when you think of the average lifespan that a male has in the United States. It's about 78. And I said really. I said well, it surprises me. I thought it was a little bit higher than that. And he said no, it's 78 years old. And he said so I'm 50. He goes, so maybe I have 30 years left, meaning 30 trips around the sun left. He goes, maybe. And he said you can surely bet that I'm not thinking about the past. I'm not thinking about any of this. Done me wrong. I'm not tolerating any negativity in my life. I don't have a lot of time left. I only have 30 trips around the sun, 30 Christmases, 30 Easter's, 30 July, 4th of July's, etc. Etc. So I'm not wasting one moment of that time on anything or anyone or any place that doesn't bring me joy and happiness and lifts my spirit up.
Speaker 2:
And I sat there for a moment and I said, wow, I never thought about that, you know, because I immediately say well, what makes you think that you're guaranteed those 30 years? Right, because none of us are guaranteed the next minute, the next day, the next hour, and yet so many of us take that for granted and we're making plans for five years from now, or a year from now, or a month from now. And that begs that question of what are you putting off for tomorrow that you can actually do today? What is your heart yearning for that you could do today? What is the most amazing trip that you're trying to plan for next year? And why aren't you trying to do that sooner? Why are you putting that off? What is that because of? And so our conversation continued to get deeper and deeper and I started to think, you know about my own life, and I said yeah. I said. You know what I said. You're right.
Speaker 2:
I mean, give or take, I too, probably have another 30 trips around the sun, and that doesn't sound like very much, does it? It really doesn't. When you put in that perspective, if God blesses me, if it is to be so, I have 30 Christmases left on this earth. I have 34th of July's, I have 30 Easter's. That doesn't sound like very much, because when you think that there are 30 days on average in most months, that's not a lot of time. And I want to put that in perspective, because I want you to look at your life is how amazing and priceless it truly is. Your health is so priceless. Every breath, every moment that you are here on this earth is priceless. And so when you think and now some of you may go, holy shit, jennifer, I might only have 10, 10 sons left, or 20 sons left, or you may be going, whatever, I've got 50, 50 trips around the sun left.
Speaker 2:
Whatever it is, the point is to put it into perspective of its high time that we all stop dealing with stuff that doesn't deserve our time, our breath and our energy, and it is time to start prioritizing what lights us up, what makes us happy? What places, what people, what things? What do you like to do and why are you putting it off? And why are you choosing to surround yourself still with people that bring you angst and frustration in truly knowing how short life is? Because, as much as we say again that we may have this time left, there's no guarantee. There's never a guarantee. The point is to put it into perspective of its high time that we all stop dealing with stuff that doesn't deserve our time, our breath and our energy. Thank you so much for being here with me today. I love when we have these moments together and we can energetically share and be here for one another.
Speaker 1:
I look forward to us getting together again and, as I say, until next time, may you live an empowered life from within. Thank you so much for tuning into another episode. Please remember to rate, review and subscribe to Empowered Within with Jennifer Pilates. Your feedback is important. It helps me to connect with you and gives me insight into who you are and what you're enjoying about the show. For today's show notes and discount codes from today's sponsors head over to jenniferpalatescom. Until next time, may you live an empowered life from within.