“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
(Picture by Lisa R.)
As you know on Mondays at my job I send out an email, it is a weekly reminder to that life does not always do what we want, but that does not make it any less amazing. This Monday’s message was somewhat somber, due to one of our own going through a period of mourning. Loss is such a painful thing, and it is made worse when the loss is unexpected. Today I have been thinking how we tend to spend our time living as though life is guaranteed. Therefore we spend our moments chasing meaningless things, things that disappear. When we should be cultivating things that will remain. I am going to share my Monday email. I hope reminds us to live life not taking a moment of it for granted.
What a difference 2 weeks makes. Everything feels different, but the same. It is nice to experience something “new”, but equally as nice to come back to the “familiar”. I have had a lot of free time in the last two weeks, to think about this journey, this life. Here’s what I learned: Don’t take any of it for granted. Nothings guaranteed, not today and most definitely not tomorrow. Oddly, while we all know this truth, sadly many of us live our daily life taking it for granted. Believing (falsely so) that things will be as the always have been. Somber message for a Monday morning, isn’t it? Here’s why: Right now while we still have this moment, we must LIVE in it. Appreciate it. Not just the good things, but the bad as well. To the people in our world (the one we like and the ones we don’t), be kind, considerate remembering tomorrow they may not be there. Be grateful for our job, life, family, and friends and realize how blessed we are to have each. As always remember your perspective determines your day, your week. Make it amazing. Happy Monday!
“Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses” (1 Timothy 6:12).
So what’s my of attack? Cultivate what remains.