Tamidra

It is unfortunate that death has a peculiar way of making us truly realize the importance of life.

Right now, I am sitting here reflecting upon what some of you may feel is a grim, melancholy thought process. In all honesty, it’s something that I feel I need to think about. In this short time frame of a new year, I have experienced losing two people who I knew fairly well. They’ve gone on from this world, both in sudden ways. This means they got up one morning and had no idea that it would be their last day on earth. That means that whatever last goodbye they said to whatever unsuspecting soul is now frozen in that person’s memory never really to be pushed away by the light of their next hello. Such an encounter will not take place. It is now forbidden by death.

So here I am, and here you are. Both of us here and breathing, yet neither one of us with a sure guarantee that the rest of this day is ours. That makes this moment more important than it ever was before. I think about whether or not I am truly living my life to my fullest potential-the potential that God Himself placed within me. Am I using every gift? Am I using every talent? Am I really being a Blessing to others? Am I accomplishing everything I need to be accomplishing? Am I taking the necessary steps and heading in the right direction?….because as we know, tomorrow is not promised.

What will I do differently in this moment? If the next second of my life could be different than the one before it, what would I change? We can’t get lost time back, but we can make the most out of what we have left. This leads me to the conclusion that there are things in my life that I need to take a leap of faith with. It’s time to go forth, past time really. Doubt and fear have postponed many things, but what is doubt and fear at the end of life but a realization of regret? There’s too much to accomplish in life to leave this world regretting not accomplishing anything at all. So, cheers to today….it’s time to make some big things happen.

~Tamidra~