Taking Life For Granted........

It is funny how often we take life for granted. I have a couple of friends who work with or are police here in Vegas that just lost a co-worker. It really starts to make you think. We go everyday living our lives being mad at people and holding grudges over petty things rather then spending our time as if it is our last. I am reminded of a song that says, "I'm living these next five minutes as if these are my last five minutes because these next five minutes may be all I have." Then I start to think of questions like will I be missed. What will those in my life do to remember me? Did I make an impact on someones life? This has been an interesting year for that. I have heard of many deaths of people that surround me and I know it is hard to loose a loved one. I was actually talking to somebody one night about what if you were here one minute and gone the next? What if it was me? His immediate response was I don't want to think about that. To be honest none of us do! Are you ready? Have you said your last good byes? Then another song comes into play that says "If you fly away tonight, I want to tell you that I love you I hope that you can hear me I hope that you can feel me If you fly away tonight I want to tell you that I'm sorry That I never told you when we were face to face." So again I say, make the most out of the time that you have with those around you. Those moments may be the last. I do know that when it is my time to go, I want it to be a time of celebration and not of sadness. It has been an awesome journey so far and when it is my time to say farewell think of all the good times.