“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone”   – Pablo Picasso

I haven’t always been this way.  And people wonder why.  Always pushing to get things done.

Having nearly died a few year back and suffered through the horror of only having partial oxygen that most people have, it gave me a lot of cause to think.

Mostly what I arrived at is that at least for me I want to be quick to love and quicker still to forgive.  I have a position that allows me to help others who most need help.  It’s challenging at times.  But, it allows me to go on serving my country and particularly my fellow veterans or their remaining survivors, be they widows or orphans.  I like that.  It gives purpose to each day that I work and live.

At times, I’ve wished that I could have remained in the military.  This was especially true after 9/11.  I feel like I should have done more to protect and serve my country when I was in.  But, we do what we can.  So, I help those who didn’t make it back and those who did in way but not nearly as much as they should been able.  I won’t get into what I use to do while in.  I’ll just say that I am grateful for and feel blessed that I can continue to serve in at least this capacity.

As to being quick to forgive, we are all humans born to err.  If God could be so kind as to forgive me of my many, many errors that I’ve made, I think it’s only right that I do my best to return the favor.  Forgiveness is at the crux of so much that might make this world a better place.  Do you agree?

As to the quickness, the one thing that I’ve learned with all certainty in life is that one minute you can be on top of your game, the next not even there any more.  Me? I was left gasping for breath.  Told that I was going to die and I either would or I would not.  There was no program to work.  The meds that might help turned out to only add other issues so I stopped them.  Better to die of one thing than several isn’t it?  And I am not done yet.  While I’m here I want to make every moment count.  So, I promised myself and God at least one thing.  I would love and cherish those whom God put into my life.  That when I loved someone I would tell them so in words and actions to the fullest that I am capable of doing and not to delay in doing so.  I never know when this will come back full force and I won’t have that chance for another moment’s breath.

If you love someone, show them and tell them every chance you get.  If someone has hurt you and you have a chance to fix it through forgiving, do it.  Don’t wait another moment.  You might not have it.

Life is funny, isn’t it?