...Last August, I was told that in all likelihood I have 3-6 months left to live

I'm on month 9 now

Somebody said to me in light of  those numbers,에 비추어  

"Wow! so you are really beating the Grim Reaper"저승사자     *beat 이기다 통제하다

and What I said without even thinking about it is

We don't beat the Reaper by living longer

We beat the Reaper by living well, and living fully

for the reaper will come for all of us.

The question is ; what do we do between the time we're born and the time he shows up.

 ... first off, remember, It's a cliche, but I love cliches클리셰,진부한 표현

It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our deathbed It is the things we do not.

...all the mistakes, all the dopey things, and all the times I was embarrassed 민망한 창피한

they don't matter. 상관없다. 중요하지 않다.

what matter is that I can kind of look back and say,

Pretty much any time I got a chance to do something cool, I tried to grab for it.

That's where my solace위안 comes from.

 ... don't give up on finding your passion

because then all you are doing is waiting for the reaper.