Despite what you may have heard, Bugarach is not the place to go to if you want to survive 2012.

Bugarach is a tiny village in Southern France that has been billed at “the only place that will survive 2012″ – but this is a tiny village of about 200 souls that don’t want to be inundated by thousands of frightened New Agers.

I suppose in better years they would appreciate the tourism, but for 2012, they’re concerned that they can’t accommodate the influx of visitors.

Source: For doomsday believers, this is the only place that will survive Dec. 21, 2012.

If you want to survive 2012, put your heart in the right place. Think about what’s most important. Create your list of priorities.

Suppose this really was the L-A-S-T year of your life. What would you want to spend your time doing?

Last December a young woman in my community was killed. Her death, at age 23, leaving two young sons, was very unexpected and devastating to our entire small town.

In retrospect I examined the relationship I’d had with her. It wasn’t entirely perfect, if you know what I mean. We’d worked together for a few months and I’d been miffed at a few things she did that I took as personal insults.

After that, I didn’t talk to her for months, but a few days before she died I passed by her in an aisle at the local grocery store, where she was working, and I said ‘hi’. She said nothing in return.

The next time I went into the store, my son (who also worked there) told me she’d been killed.

It made me think about how unexpected death could be, and how if only we knew, we wouldn’t hold any negative feelings in our hearts for one another. Because, after all, we are all spirits.. just like all the other spirits, and we all deserve an equal chance at kindness and love.

So if this was the last year of my life, one thing I’d definitely want to do is to clear up all old hurts and angers. I’d put forgiveness as my #1 priority.

Second, I’d practice becoming more loving. I would like to look at everyone and feel love flowing out of my heart toward them. This is difficult, especially considering how tired I get sometimes.

Yesterday I was at a local Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors meeting, and was miffed because only four directors showed up. I was tired, and slipped and said that I really didn’t want to be there either.

I said this in context of having made the effort to show up only to find there weren’t enough people there for a quorum. But when I said it my friends there looked at me in a crestfallen sort of way, as if to wonder why I didn’t want to be there visiting with them.

This is an example of how hard it is for me to set aside my exhaustion and feeling of being overworked, and to just enjoy the company, engage my enthusiasm, and spread my love.

I really blew it! So becoming more consistently loving is my #2 priority. Though maybe it deserves the #1 spot, and is very much tied into the forgiveness principle.

Third, I’ve got a few things to do. Goals I haven’t accomplished yet. I don’t want to bore you with the list… so I’ll quit here, and ask..

What would you do if this was the last year of your life?