Why wait for a wake up call?

I braved being run over by a Yellow Cab driver on 3rd Avenue to get this shot for you.  Why?  Because it's brilliant.  As many of you know, my inspiration for writing Gulp! came from a breast cancer scare.  It was a real wake up call.  When you come face to face with your own mortality it forces you to take a good hard look at the life you're leading.

If there's one thing my experience has taught me it's that we've often harbored these dreams for a while but not done anything with them.  Then sh*t happens and all of a sudden we're taking action - fast!

But why do we need to wait for a wake up call?  And what stops us from just getting started today? 

Could APATHY be the biggest crisis of all?

Hmm...some food for thought.