A group of us sang at a funeral this past week. The service was for a co-choir members sister that had passed away from cancer the week before. I didn’t know Janice but it was a nice feeling to get to share the time and join together with her family our friends and to celebrate her life. I know during the time of my mom’s illness a few years ago it was really wonderful to have all of my family and friends gathering around to help me out during that time and after mom passed away. Celebrating life is what it is all about even in death. Sooner or later, we all will be going to the other side, whatever that may mean for each of us. Consoling each other in times of death, and in all times good or bad that is what we are here for, the brotherhood and sisterhood of man!! Celebrating and enjoying each other and filling each day with the joys and sometimes sorrows that each day brings.
Of course there are days when life doesn’t seem so great. We are either irritated about something we have done or something someone else has done, anger and frustation if we let it get the best of us can rule our lives, and I know I don’t want or like that. I think with all of the things that go on in our lives we can use some time to get away and contemplate what our life means to us. When someone passes away we all take a look at our lives and realize that it all will be gone one day. Where are we now, how are we dealing with others in our lives, but I think most importantly how am I dealing with ME! Taking a look at yourself is sometimes a hard thing to do, but it is good to reflect and study yourself, you are very important. We get caught up in all of the people around us and what they are doing and how do we help them and take care of them. We sometimes tend to forget about taking care of ourselves and our wants and needs, they are important too. We don’t have to not take care of all of those around us, but if you don’t know how to take care of you, sometimes it is very hard to know how to help all those other folks. We all need to start somewhere and that is at our own door.
My reflection is that life, as I have said many times, is very precious and after watching the sadness on the faces of those who were close to Janice, we know how precious and very short our time here can be. Janice was only 50. We don’t know what tomorrow will bring. The clock is ticking and each second is a treasured moment. For me I am going to take each day as it comes, try to give the best part of me, somedays you may get the worst part, to those I hold so dear!! Take a look at yourself today and ponder what truly makes you happy! I know we are all searching for that, and I hope for each of us we are lucky enough to find that in our lives. The search can be quite exciting!! Life is short but if you make the best of every day it certainly can be very sweet!!
As all of the mom’s and dad’s know out there, we can try to tell our kids about life, but just like us they have to experience it themselves. But that is part of the excitement about it!! Every day should be an adventure! It is sometimes those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular!!!
Take care of yourself!!
M
