Lauren Bateman delivers a short, first-person reflection urging viewers to live in the moment. She recounts being diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 16, which taught her life is short and uncertain, and uses that experience to encourage audiences to start pursuing goals today (quote: “the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago… the next best time is right now”).
I have always been someone who has lived in the moment. I'm not someone who's going to say, I'm going to do something and then not do it. If I say I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it. And the reason for that is when I was younger, when I was 16, I had Hodgkin's lymphoma. And I learned very quickly that life is very, very short. And nobody is promised tomorrow. So if you have something you want to do today, all right, if you want to start a business, you want to learn how to play the guitar, whatever you want to do, you need to start today. And one of my favorite quotes is, the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. But the next best time is right now. So start planting your trees today, and don't wait for tomorrow.
