Just 5 words.

But maybe the most important 5 words you could end up uttering during your entire life..

Yesterday evening I was lying on the sofa watching an ad for SwissTransplant which reminded me that I still hadn’t got a donor’s card, nor informed my family about my long-standing decision.

And what if.. what if I was to lie on a stretcher within the next 24 hours, in a terminal condition? What if my organs could have saved someone else’s life if I had bothered to relieve my loved-ones of the decision while I was alive?

Morbid thoughts? Not really: mearly practical. Thousands of people die every day while waiting for a transplantation; and thousands of healthy organs get buried or cremated which could have been used to save lives.

There are various ways of declaring your intentions, the most usual being a donor’s card which you carry in your wallet. Maybe fellow bloggers could also post the following image on their site:

Anything is better than procrastinating.

So think about it now. Inform your family and act, today!