Dr. Wayne Pernell describes a dream where God asks a final exam question: did you use your one life to live the most extraordinary, meaningful life you could define? He notes the term works for any spiritual concept, regardless of personal belief.
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And if they were going to be hit by a car today, would they feel like my life has been a success? I mean, the very first the way that I opened my living an extraordinary life talk is with a conversation with God where God reveals the final exam for life. And the first question on the final exam for life, and this is in God's voice, is did you, did you take the one life that I gave you and live it to have the most extraordinary, meaningful, amazing life, whatever that means to you? That's awesome. And this was actually a real dream that I had that became part of the speech. And by the way, for God, you can substitute spirituality or, you know, whatever God of your choice. I'm personally an atheist, so I just kind of put all the gods in the picture at once. But I think that's a fabulous question and I think that at some level a lot of people care about that question.