Why Am I Up Again???

Its midnight and the night is stormy with thunder and lightning ripping across the navy blue sky…  I am EXHAUSTED and yet, am awake, because my mind is full!

First, someone close to me lost their Dad yesterday… I didn’t know their Dad, but I know what its like to lose your Dad and I feel his pain!  I pray for him and his family…  And I miss my own Dad very much!

It also made me think of all that we take for granted!!!  As the baby in the family, I know I’ve always been selfish… But I’ve also been a very caring daughter and sister too!!!  Of late though, I find that with so many things going on in my life, I’ve lost sight a bit of what I used to be most grateful for! 

I always used to say that my true treasure in life was my family – these days, I don’t pay as much attention to them as I should…  And times like this make me realise that we only have this moment for sure – any other is uncertain!!!  And we should make the most of each one we have and the people we love!!!

I’m also thinking about families with rifts… where hurt and misunderstanding lead to pride and unforgiveness!  What could possibly be worth never being able to have the opportunity back to resolve a misunderstanding?  What could be more important than family?

There’s always someone that’s right and someone that’s wrong – or more often, both are right and both are wrong in one way or another!!!  Is it worth forever???

Last week, a group I network with took some time to talk about our most memorable Fourth of July…  A new member stood and talked about how his family had developed a rift and stopped speaking!

Someone came up with the bright idea a few years ago that they should reunite by going on a cruise together to resolve their differences!

To him, it spelled disaster in the making, but in fact, it turned out to be the catalyst for them all to get all their issues out and resolve things and really reunite as a family! 

A few weeks ago, a close friend of his was killed while at a gas station – and though he was grieving deeply, it made him so happy that his family had the opportunity to resolve their issues before one of them moved on to the next life…

Time is so fleeting!   Before you know it, this moment is gone, able to be recaptured only in memory or in pictures…  Don’t waste one more second of it!!!  Live fully each moment, loving the ones that matter most and helping others along the way!!!

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