Time is Precious…so is life.

Grandma’s passing reminded me yet again how precious life is. Why is it when we lose someone, hear of someone passing, or a terrible accident that we are reminded how little time we really have with our loved ones. We take time for granted and don’t live every moment to the fullest?

Friday I heard about two awful stories that brought once again to my heart, life and soul this reminder. First Yumminess told me about his daughters teacher committing suicide, be still my heart, and my thoughts out to that family and all affected by it. I’ve been there I know how alone life can seem at times. I’ve faced that darkness many a time over my adult life, but something, someone or someway I am reminded of the gift of life and have never gone through with it. I thank my life every day for this strength.

Later Friday evening my Huckleberry told me about our graduating classes President whom we just saw in August at the 20 year reunion was in a terrible car accident in September that has left him a paraplegic. Its strange to think that just the month before we were all laughing, smiling, taking photos and commenting on our lives successes, then a few months later we hear this change in his life.

Until the accident he led such an amazing full life. He was a very successful doctor, with a stunning wife, 4 young children, lived the rock star life. We all called him our Facebook Superstar. Always posting photos with Charger players, musicians, and local celebrities, attending wild parties and big local events. All that changed in an incident with a single car accident, that has changed his life forever. There is no more Facebook for him, he’s taken inside himself and feeling sorry for his new life. Which is I know a process of the healing of this terrible accident. I pray for him and his family, and pray that something positive will come out of this all. That he will be a beacon of strength for his family, his children and all that come into contact with him.

With all these changes all around me I look around and see how much we all waste precious lives time. With anger, fear, resentment, it’s all holding us back from what life has to offer the beauty all around us, the love, friendship, adventures. Each moment, year, month, week, day, hour, minute, second, is all truly a gift to enjoy and be grateful for.

I’m working on reminding myself each second to maintain alertness in my walking, sitting, eating, sleeping and most of all my living. To remain focused that time is precious and to enjoy it, to live it, to love it.