Musing!

A very close friend recently took ill again and had to be hospitalized. His situation has been noted as “not good” since he is in Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Unit. As I hang up the telephone from speaking with his brother, I started thinking, among the tears, how grateful we ought to be for life.

In many classes I have often said to students, “any day which finds you six feet above ground is a great day” and that thought came to my mind as I have thought about him since that day.

How many times little things happen and we become so disgruntled and irritated by them. Do we for a very short moment every think that things could be worst – that instead of the electricity going off as we type a four page document that our lives could be taken as quickly? Do we ever think that the time it takes to say sometime unkind about someone that we could take that time to think about something positive above them?

Life is so very short and yet we spend so much time being all concerned about our neighbor who just purchased a new vehicle. Do you know what is funny? Most of the time we don’t even know how that person achieved the new vehicle – what measures did he have to take to get it?

Let’s be thankful for the moments – good or bad – let us be grateful for the little things in life, as well as the big – let’s tell that special someone how you truly feel – let’s learn to give the roses while our loved ones are still around and not when they are gone.

Give thanks and praise daily!