A friend of mine died this past week; way too young and way too soon in my human opinion. All the usual questions raced through my mind and of course regrets…regrets that I did not do more, visit more, pray more, and everything more! I wish life (and death) made sense, but it does not and probably never will, at least in this temporal life here on earth.
We wait for things, we put off for tomorrow what we ought to do today and we miss opportunities of the moment. We determine to make changes but eventually we fall back into the rut of taking every day for granted. We quote platitudes that make us temporarily aware of our deficiencies and then move on with little or no real change.
Oh God, help us embrace this life You have given; moment by moment, day by day. Life really is short, quit just walking by those flowers you admire…stop and buy them for yourself!
Love relentlessly, give extravagantly and hope defiantly!
