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“Life Is Just A Minute”

Life is just a minute—only sixty seconds in it.

Forced upon you—can’t refuse it. Didn’t seek it—didn’t choose it.

But it’s up to you to use it. …You must suffer if you lose it.

Give an account if you abuse it. Just a tiny, little minute,

But eternity is in it!

 Dr.  Benjamin Elijah Mays

 

I wonder if you're anything at all like me;

you're probably laughing and thinking 'oh wow, I sincerely hope not'. 

I may be a tad dipsy at times...okay, okay...more than lots of times! 

But I do have a very serious side.

 

M reads to me every morning and that really helps me grow...the way I want and need to be.  He helps heighten my awareness of a multitude of things; among other things I have become aware of little phrases I regularly use w/him...they just roll out of my mouth. 

But there's this certain one that always tweaks my heart..."I'll be right back".  Wonder why?

 

Because I never fail to think, "What if I don't come right back? 
What if I never come back?"  Zing!

What if,  what if...well, it happens, it happens...someone you love walks off saying,
'I'll be right back'...and you never see them again as they were. 
Such things happen...oh yes, they happen.

M never leaves w/o kissing me...even if he 'almost forgets' I remind him to come back and kiss me.   I smilingly say,  "It's like your American Express card...don't leave home without it".  Um-hmm!

"Everything can change in the blink of an eye. 
So forgive often and love with all your heart.
You never know when you may not have that chance again."
Unknown Author

'I'll be right back'...'it will only be a second or two'...
and maybe it doesn't work ...perhaps it has a different ending.

My mind has been riveted on the Malaysian airline tragedy;
all those people flying home, going to jobs, visiting. 

Now?  They are nowhere to be found.  

How many times we tell a loved one 'See you soon'...Michael and I have said that to each other soooo many times, I've lost count.  Some were much more painful than others...I believe Viet Nam was the most painful.  I drove him to the air terminal but couldn't get out of the car...both of us were breaking apart and it so hurt...for so long. 

Less than a week after his departure the news reported a hotel in Saigon was blown up...my mother called early that morning asking where M was billeted and of course I hadn't a clue.  Could my life change that quickly?  Yes, many lives change that quickly...many!  Michael came home...many didn't...just as today, many don't. 

It's truly amazing what can happen in just a few seconds...
in the blink of an eye!

I don't worry about it...I'm just totally aware of it...24/7.

I will continue to remember that everything, yes everything
can and does change in the blink of an eye.
So I will forgive often and love with all my heart.
Because?
I never know when I might never have that opportunity again.

Thank you Father, for opening my eyes.

From my heart...to yours,
Vasca