Who is ready? We have our plans, things we're looking
forward to -- life going on at its sometimes unpleasant but nonetheless
predictable pace.
Then something happens -- like an
accident, or a death, or an illness -- that changes everything, forces us to
reappraise our priorities and, often, reset our lives.
People who have come close to disaster
and been able to wheel free have shown a renewed appreciation for the simple
pleasures of life, for the gift of each day, and a resolve not to put off
pleasures or acts of kindness until "another day," because
"another day" may not come.
We who have lost loved ones have also
learned the value of simple gifts, of not putting off kind words or actions,
because we never know when events will change our world, the expected
developments of our lives, and the intended recipients of our kind words and
actions may be gone.
The preciousness of this day is its own
gift.
-- Martha Whitmore Hickman in “Healing After Loss”
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