Life, is fragile. It is precious, it is a gift and it is fragile.
Busy schedules, work, stress… these things can easily take away from the beauty life has to offer. Sometimes it’s easy to lose sight of, and appreciate everything that we have. We get wrapped up in the “mundane” tasks on our mile long to-do lists. We go through the motions of the days and weeks and sometimes we forget to stop and smell the roses. We become victims to our crazy schedules and stress, and we fall into the assumptions that it’ll all just be here tomorrow – that there is “plenty” of time and that there is another day.
The cold hard truth is that’s not always the case. Time isn’t always on our side, and tomorrow isn’t always an option. Time expires and tomorrow isn’t always there.
Life, is fragile. It is precious, it is a gift and it is fragile. It can be here one minute and gone the next.
I have attended more funeral services for the young than I have for the elderly. The souls I grieve aren’t of those that lived a long life. They’re of those that had so much more life left to live. Family and friends that were taken far too soon, suddenly, abruptly and tragically. Time was not on their hands. Tomorrow wasn’t an option…
The immense sorrow, heartache and overwhelming devastation has officially left me asking, WTF?! It’s caused me bitterness, anger and spite. I’d like to kick death in the face and tell it to go screw. But death knows no fear. It knows no mercy, and it knows no regret or shame.
Yet sadly, it’s death that stops us dead in our tracks, slaps us in the face and says, “HEY YOU! Take a look around! And appreciate everything you have in this life and DON’T take a single moment for granted.” It shakes you to your core and rips you from your refuge.
Death makes me realize I need to appreciate life more, and get less upset at pettiness. But I am human, and sometimes I falter…
“Don’t go to bed angry.”
“Don’t leave the house mad.”
“Always kiss your significant other good night.”
“Don’t hold a grudge.”
I could go on and on…
My point is that none of us ever truly know what’s around the bend, where the day will lead us or what the year(s) will bring. Life, has no guarantees. But I can guarantee this – the fragility of life is real.
Life, is precious. It is a gift, it is precious but it is fragile. Go hug someone you love.
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