IT
“How
do you know what is going to happen tomorrow? For the length of your lives is
uncertain as the morning fog – now you see it; soon it
is
gone. ”
James
One “truth” of growing older is to witness or hear about one’s friends
and associates struggling with health problems or departing this world. Even though each of us recognizes that
it will eventually become our turn, we somewhat deny that by the way we plan our
lives. We say, “Tomorrow I will…”
or “Next week, I will…” Never fully
accepting that for some of us there will be no tomorrow or next week! Our phrasing, even if not actually
vocalized --- should be if the good Lord grants or is willing, I will
…!
Accepting that our participation in a tomorrow is not certain should add
an intensity of our life! Such a
thought should propel us to say those kind words we have been meaning to say or
to perform that loving deed before it is too late. On our “Should Do” lists each of us
probably have a number of items we have acting upon and plan to do “later”. Perhaps it might be a good idea to do
them now; it may be later than we think!