I think the only advice I can give you on how to live your life well is, first off, remember... it's not the things we do in life that we regret on our deathbed, it is the things we do not.
Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it, and that's where my solace comes from.
I've never understood pity and self-pity as an emotion.
An injured lion still wants to roar.
Smelling a crayon takes you right back to childhood. When I need to go back in time, I put it under my nose and take another hit.
We don't beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully.