Would you make a deal with the Devil?

Have you ever been lucky enough to have a book kick you in the gut and give you a major life lesson.  I recently had that experience when I read, "If Cats Disappeared from the World." (by, Genki Kawamura) I will tell you right now I am a dog person.  Cats, I can take or leave them.  So I have no idea what made me purchase this book.  Well, actually it was the title.  I thought, what could be the big deal if cats did disappear?  I know my Nana disliked cats very much.  She was afraid of them.  And my dad too, he had no fondness for these creatures.  Well I got more than I bargained for.  This book was less about cats and so much more about life.   In a nutshell the main character is told he has a small amount of time left to live.  Enter the Devil.  They make a deal.  Now the main character must choose one thing he loves to disappear from the world to prolong his life.  Are you blown away yet?  I was!  It made me think of all the things I love.  What would I make disappear to prolong my life.  I could never make dogs disappear...or could I?  In the end I closed the book realizing it's not what I'd make disappear but it is how I need to live my life now.  Live my life fully and completely.  To take nothing for granted.  And give gratitude for each and everything I hold dear.  This way when the time comes for me to leave the earth, enter the Devil, I can smile at him and say I'm all set.  No deal. 

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