While one could argue the song lyrics show gratitude for their successes, it's also likely the two artists are trying to convince themselves that, yes, life is good, even when it isn't. He also references his past as a drug dealer, singing 'I done been down bad in them trenches, had to ride with that stick, woo.' Like Drake, he implies being rich doesn't give you a perfect life. A romantic interest isn't texting him back, and the lyrics 'Say my days are numbered, but I keep wakin' up' implies some in the industry predict his downfall - but he keeps coming back with new hits.įuture's lyrics speak of more material things, claiming the cheapest ring he owns is worth $100,000 and that he travels often and owns luxury cars. However, countries vary on exactly how they present and number the weeks in their calendars. Even though he's found career success, his personal life isn't quite as enviable. He sings that his taxes are due, but he doesn't know how much, insinuating he leaves that task to his accountant. The couple that plays together, stays together.Ģ) Appreciate every day, keeping in mind that they’re numbered.In Drake's segment of the song, he sings about working long hours, both night and day, to avoid working a mundane 9 to 5 job. Ali Bongo: To all the poachers, to all the buyers, to all. This weekend, I was reminded of two things needed to keep your relationships strong:ġ) Make fun a priority. There are no guarantees, and when you get to my age, youre absolutely right, your days are numbered. It comes easy to no one, even though it may appear to be for some. I hope we do.Ī woman named Vera was also at the conference, and she told me that she and her husband made fun a priority and went on a date every single Thursday since they’d been married, which also had been a number of years. If we were to make it to a 50 year wedding anniversary, we will have spent well over 18,000 days together. It seemed really high, and yet the years seem to have flown by. If your days are numbered, it means you know youre going to die soon. The request teach us to number our days means that we need God to reveal to us the brevity of life. When I calculated the number of days Kim and I have been married (the leap years added a tricky wrinkle), I was amazed at the number. (At least past the one month mark.) Steve said that he and his wife were well aware of the fact that you never know how many days you’ll be blessed with so you need to appreciate them all. This means that we should set our priorities based on what is truly important. My buddy Scott has kept a count of how many consecutive days he’s worn a name tag, but up until last weekend, I’d never heard of anyone keeping track of how many days they’d been married. I believe one way to number your days is to realize if you dont plan your schedule, somebody else will. (I want to say it was over 10,000.)Īnd here I thought I was lucky getting hitched in 2000 because I’d always be able to tell how long I’d been married as long as I knew what year it was. And if you were to ask either of them on the spot what day they were on, they’d be able to tell you. He explained that he and his wife Pam don’t count the years they’ve been married, but the days. I was inspired to figure this number out after attending a breakout session by Steve Wilson at the AATH ( Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor) Conference in Chicago last weekend.

That’s how many days Kim and I have been married, as of this writing.

My days are numbered meaning