What are you waiting for? Permission to chase a dream? To get all your ducks in a row before you do what you’ve always wanted to do?

Today, I give you permission to start living your dream. To do what you’ve always wanted to do. To start something new. To write a book – that’s what I did. To be happy. Now is the time to take a step towards making it happen.

You see time moves on. That’s what cancer taught me.

No matter what your struggle is, time moves on. We are one step closer to dying. Might sound depressing but it’s not. It’s the kick in the pants that can get you going.

But be careful: life is not about you, as the best-selling hardback book in history says in chapter one. It’s not about making money, climbing the career ladder, fashion, or looks.

Whenever I worry or get caught up in the things of this world, I ask myself: Would you care about this if you were sitting in a chair getting chemotherapy, feeling sick, or This isdying? Pain cuts through and clarifies.

So throw off all that hinders you so you can focus on what really matters: God stuff. People stuff.

When you look back on your life, like I did, you don’t want regrets. You want to say you fulfilled God’s purpose for your life.

So get started today. Dream. Go. Do it. You have my permission.