Death ... nature's way of telling you to take it easy. Life ... what you should make the most of before nature tells you to take it easy. In between ... what some 81-year-old bub in Chile got a taste of when he fell asleep. The family thought he had checked out, so they skipped the doc and went straight to the funeral service.

A few hours later, when he was in his coffin, dressed to the nine and laid out like Foreman after a meet with Ali, this guy sat up and stunned the crowd. He was still alive ... and according to the newsboys, only wanted a glass of water before going about his merry way.

Here's a screwy thought, jack. What if he woke up, but pretended to be dead so he could hear what everyone was saying about him? What would it be like to find out the kind of impact you had on the friends and fam?

I'll tell you this, baby ... before I go and expire like month-old milk in the summer, I'm gonna do some things that will get some motors running and people talking. Inspire some joes and jills to not settle for "just getting by", see? Why sell yourself short when you can hit the long ball? Don't.