We Should

I think we should celebrate life. I don't think we should wait till someone passes to acknowledge who someone was. The time is now. Have you ever noticed how empty we feel when we live with regrets and how full we feel when we live with love and kindness? Every day there should be something to treasure. Be that light in someone's day. I don't think anyone ever grows tired of hearing, "I love you." 

I am reminded of a poem that Leo Buscaglia read by one of his students. 

-But You Didn't 

By Merrill Glass

Remember the time you sent me your car, and I dented it?

I thought you'd kill me...but you didn't.

Remember the time I forgot to tell you the dance was formal and you showed up in jeans? 

I thought you'd hate me...but you didn't. 

Remember the times I'd flirt with other boys just to make you jealous, and you were? 

I thought you'd drop me...but you didn't.

Remember that day I dragged you to the beach and it was raining as you said it would? I thought you'd say, "I told you so." But you didn't. 

Remember that day I spilled cherry pie all over your new carpet? I thought you'd tell at me. But you didn't.

There were plenty of things you did to put up with me, to keep me happy, to love me, and there are so many things I wanted to tell you when you came back from Vietnam but you didn't.-

We need to take the time to tell one another that we love each other. We need to put the most important things first. The most precious aspects of our lives should be the biggest part of our lives. Imagine how beautiful life would be if we lived creating our memories boldly. Not a drop of time will be wasted if you live your life with purpose. The Cambridge dictionary defines purpose as determination or a feeling of having a reason for what you do. 

Don't wait for a time that will never come. The time is now.

Ephesians 5:1 

Follow God's example, therefore as dearly loved children.