Is life too short or do we forget how to make the most of it?
Is there really not enough time in the day or have we lost the ability to make use of the time we have?
Life is so amazing, so confusing, so fragile; it's a learning curve that can be slanted, steep and overwhelming at best. It is endless on a bright day, and hopeless on the darkest day. It's filled with surprises, grief, heart-ache and love. Laughter makes is bearable, tears make it clean and hope makes it worthwhile. Remembrance is it's record of times gone by, luck is its way of making it unexpected and love is what makes it fulfilling.
I sometimes stop and think to myself that I have fallen into every important moment in my life. I'm not sure that is such a bad thing? I have never really planned anything; life as offered me more than I could have asked for, and it has taken from me more than I thought I bear. I never knew how much love I could have for one person. My Papa taught me that. My husband taught me how to show that. My friends taught me how to be how I am with that. I have learned to be ok with of of that.
I sit here and smile at my fortune. I know how immensely lucky I am. I know that I'm blessed with a life that has been filled with love, happiness and compassion. How many people can say that every morning they wake up? If you haven't, then you have failed to see what you have. Money cannot buy this kind of fortune. Money and success is not happiness.
Happiness is laughter. Happiness is the smile on the face of someone you love. Happiness is unpredictable and hidden in the unexpected places. But if you pay attention to those around you, if you stop for one moment everyday you will see it. In a memory of those no longer with me I see the happiness, in the moments that I smile I see it, in the moment before I drift to sleep I look over and he reminds me of the happiness I have found.
I'm re-charged. I'm ready to take on the world. I'm ready to not be afraid anymore.
I love you.
I love you both.
You are all the reason I get up each and every morning and smile.
Thank you.
