For those of you who are up to date with The Walking Dead, you would have heard these words spoken a few times during Season 6. When I first heard those words, it was something that resonated with me.

Over the few months that passed I reflected on these words, right up until I was reminded of certain unfortunate anniversaries.

April last year I lost a friend of mine. As I did April the year before, nearly to the day. Both quite suddenly but under very different circumstances. I wasn’t close to them, but I knew them and I knew them enough to understand the world lost two people too soon.

Both, in their own way, left behind their legacy to the world. When they passed, I ran through my head the thoughts of what potential the world missed out on. What potential they missed out on. The life not lived because it was cut short.

As it is, we are both blessed and cursed with mortality and we don’t have a choice on when our time is up. It can be a long-lived life, or it could be snatched away suddenly. Most of us, if any, don’t have any foresight into this exact moment.

Brendon Burchard, an experts expert and personal development trainer, made a brush with death at 19, found himself thinking about his life. These were the questions he asked of himself when faced with death: Did I live? Did I love? Did I matter?

Those questions too resonate with me. We all will face the end someday. When our time is up how will people remember us?

Did I live? Did I love? Did I matter?

Are we living a life worth living, or are we squandering it away trivially with distraction, busyness and just living day to day on the whim of the universe?

The late Steve Jobs was a man that lived with value and contribution. Jobs said “I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.”

Powerful and purposeful, if we treat our life with those questions in mind, would we live our lives differently? Would you live with less regret and do what stirs the heart? Would you show integrity, honesty and respect to others and yourself?

After all, all life is precious. Our time is a gift. Have the courage to be true to yourself. Stand up for something. Believe in yourself and others. Take charge. Do what your heart yearns for. Do your best. Be your best. Serve others. Treat your life and others with that respect.

Be bold. Live, love, matter.

And as you find yourself looking back at the other in the mirror answering no to Jobs’ question too often, it is time for change.