She’s on pretty much every newspaper in every country across the globe this morning.
Can you imagine?
Living your life so well that the entire world stands up and salutes you when you’re gone?
And I don’t think she’s on the world’s front page just because she’s famous. It’s because of how she lived her life.
Here are 3 lessons Queen Elizabeth II taught me.
You’ve got more important things to do than dying.
She worked until the very end. She was 96 years old and just Tuesday appointed the new British Prime Minister. It was like she told death to come back in a couple of days because she had one more job to do.
I believe we all deserve nothing less than to find our special impact in the world. And fueled by that passion, delay our own death just to get in just one more rep.
Your life is not for you. It’s for others.
Her role in British politics was ceremonious. But that didn’t stop her from using it to make an impact. It’s estimated she raised $1.5B – yes, with a B – for charities over her lifetime.
I believe the uniqueness that we are each blessed with is not for us. It was given to us to positively impact others.
Share, if it adds. Keep it, if it subtracts.
It’s taboo to ask British Royalty for their opinions. That means over her lifetime she imposed very little of her ego onto the world.
I believe in only adding to the world, not subtracting. If your opinion is positive and helps, then share. If it’s negative and judgmental, keep it to yourself. And the world will love you for it.
My death won’t be the top headline on any newspaper – much less EVERY newspaper – when I die.
But if the small impact I hope to make on the world just makes my small circle stand up and salute, then I’ll consider my life well lived.
