Would you take them for granted if you knew they’d be gone tomorrow?
November 27, 2008 by DianeCorriette · Leave a Comment
Today is Thanksgiving for those in the USA and I want to wish you a very peaceful and joyful day.
I’ve heard the saying “live each day as if it were your last” and I always thought that meant I should go out and do something that I wouldn’t normally do, after all tomorrow I’d be dead anyway so it wouldn’t matter!
But something happened today to make me realize what it truly meant……..
It’s so very easy to take people for granted because you think that no matter what you do they will still be around. Every day my children leave for school and our farewell is the same
“Bye mum, love you, see you later” (children)
(me) “Bye babes, love you, have a great day”
We exchange good byes as I am still rushing around getting ready and they may be in a hurry to get out of the door. Its our usual goodbye because we have the belief that we will see each other again later.
But how different would my goodbye be if I knew I wasn’t coming back?
I would probably stop to give them a hug. Spend time at the door making sure they had everything they needed. Knowing me I would give them a pep talk about staying positive and doing their best 
and I would send them off with a kiss and tell them to stay happy.
That’s a completely different goodbye to just shouting bye babes down the stairs!
Today my daughters boyfriend lost his mentor and trainer. He’s a semi professional boxer and his young life has been turmoil already. The one person he had that filled him with confidence was his trainer. One day his trainer went off to visit his brother at his place of work and was hit by a fork lift truck. The truck hit him so hard he went into a coma and today he passed away. God rest his soul.
This man left his house and said “see you later” and later never came.
This event has taught me how to live each day as if it is my last. It means validating people and letting them know how much they mean to me at all times even more than I usually do. It means spending more time talking, having fun, laughing with people I love. Even though right now I am going through my own challenges it is a time to be thankful. To give thanks for where I am, who I know and how much I am loved by those that know me.
As someone who took the time to read this I want you to know that I appreciate you being a reader of my work. I know there are many things you could be reading and I am grateful that you have taken the time to read what I write.
May your day be filled with love, friendship, and joy.
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