QUOTE : -if people thought you were dying, they<br />gave you their full attention.<br /> If this might be the last time they saw you, they really saw you...<br /> You had their full attention.<br /> People listened instead of just waiting for their turn to speak.<br /> And when they spoke, they weren't telling you a story. When the two of you talked, you <br />were building something, and afterward you were both different than before.