Novelist Anthony Burgess has  published over 70 Novels.

He was just a regular teacher. He was not rich, and his health wasn’t great,  either.

And one day, he tested positive for a brain tumour. He had just one year to live, the doctors said.

The news hit him hard. He had no savings, no money, nothing to bequeath to his wife, Lynne. He felt helpless.

Deep down, he knew he had a gift — writing. He had always wanted to write a book, but life kept him busy. 

Now, as he found himself with just a year remaining, he had no excuse.

He decided to write a novel he hoped would make money for Lynne after he died.

It was January 1960. He sat down at his typewriter and started writing. 

He didn’t know if publishers would accept his book or if people would read it, but he wrote anyway. He wrote from morning until night, pouring his heart into the pages.

Months passed, and he finished his first novel. Then another. And another. By the end of the year, he had written five and a half books. Something strange happened—he didn’t die. 

The tumour disappeared. The doctors had no explanation.

Burgess lived on. He didn’t stop writing. Over the years, he wrote more than 70 books, one of which, A Clockwork Orange, became world-famous. 

The man who thought he had one year to live had a long and successful career.

What if he had never started writing? What if he had given up? Many of us have hidden talents but wait for the “right time” to use them. What if today is that time?

If you had only one year left, what would you do? Would you finally chase your dreams before it’s too late?