The wisdom of Mae West

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough."

Mae West (1893-1980)

Probably this is one of the least suggestive quotes recorded for Mae West, who was notoriously glib in her more characteristically bawdy one-liners.

I think she's right, we only live once. We only get one shot at it, but we do it day by day, and so there's abundant opportunity to do some fine tuning and to get in a re-do now and then when the first effort falls a bit short…..in my mind, doing it right includes being honest with yourself and with others, trying to do your best whenever it makes sense and making a sincere effort to do what's at the top of your list, leaving the lesser priorities to another day…..

Now, sure, figuring out what's at the top of your list ain't the easiest thing to do….but you can pretty much get that right, most of the time…