The other day I ran into Sherry. She works in the bank across the street from the grocery store I work in. I asked her how she was and she said, "Enh" and wobbled her flattened hand side to side. I asked her what was wrong and she told me that her husband had a heart attack while driving to Sooke a couple of weeks ago and died. They have two kids I think, about the same age as my younger two.
It made me think how terribly fragile we all are and with one wrong move our lives can be extinguished. The little things seem so important until you think about that. How much time do we waste on little, unimportant things when, in reality, it could be the last thing we ever do on this earth.
We could choose to do something seemingly important rather than spending a bit of quality time with a loved one. What if something happened to that loved one and you couldn't spend another moment in this life with them? How important woudl that task seem then.
We still have to live and to do things for ourselves. We have jobs and responsibilities and we can't just stop living for fear we might loose someone, or ourselves. What we can do though is to treasure the time we have and to live each day as if it were our last.
I recently watched a motivational speaker who only had a short time to live. Actually he just died on July 25. It was so inspiring to watch him give this talk, knowing that he only had a short time. I can't even explain, you'll have to watch the clip yourself. Click on the link below.
The Last Lecture
Every moment we have is a gift and it's up to us what we do with that gift. It makes me want to waste not a single, precious second.
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