Enjoy each precious moment!!

Life isn't a matter of milestones but of moments.

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy

Just looked into my blog and realised that it's been ages since I posted......about 2 weeks. Got no photos to add today, but thought oh well, post anyway.

There are some things that happen in life and you really wonder why, you know they happen for a reason, but you still don't understand why. Sometimes people go through challenges and you wonder why them? ......and it makes you feel incredibly lucky and blessed. I am in contact with a beautiful person who is facing the challenge of her life. She is a truly special person with the most wonderful outlook on life. Despite everything she remains ever the optimist. I admire her courage more than she could ever know.

Knowing her and knowing what is coming for her is very sad. I feel enormous sadness at what the outcome will be. But I am forever amazed at her incredibly postive and uplifting attitude towards what life has dealt her. She is living life in the way that we all should live it, one day at a time, one moment at a time, to the best of our ability.... and so I try to think like her, in the here and now - not into the future, but in the moment. She talks as though she had a whole lifetime, but there is not a lifetime for her.

Someone asked her "are you afraid of dying" and she said "no, not really ..... I just know when it's going to happen for me, other people don't".

When she thanks me for what I do to help her in her life....... I want to thank her even more for all that she has given me. The blessing of giving is a far greater gift than receiving.

I think for today I feel grateful for every little moment. I feel grateful for what I am able to do. For my ability to walk and talk and get around without assistance from anyone. I feel grateful that my life will continue on for a bit longer and that I can plan a future.

WHERE HAS ALL THE TIME GONE.

“The beauty of life is, while we cannot undo what is done, we can see it, understand it, learn from it and change. So that every new moment is spent not in regret, guilt, fear or anger, but in wisdom, understanding and love.” - Jennifer Edwards

Do you ever just have those moments where you are just sitting there doing nothing much and you just start thinking....I guess we all do at times. Maybe not about anything specific, but rather nothing in particular.

Well I have been doing that tonight....only for a short while......but I started to think about how short life is.

I've been finding friends on Facebook that I haven't seen for a long time. Some of them are older than me and some of them are younger. Some have been children that I knew many years ago from church.....where I went to church when I was younger. They are now all grown up.....in their 30s and have children of their own. When I looked at photos of them and their families, I couldn't help thinking where has all the time gone.

I finally caught up with a friend on the phone last week that I haven't seen in about 8 yrs. I have been trying to find her again for a long time and quite by chance I found out her phone number. We talked on the phone for about 2 hours and it was so wonderful to catch up with her and find out what was happening in her life. After talking to her for 2 hours I realised why we were friends and how much alike we were. When I got off the phone I suddenly thought.....how did we lose touch? Why didn't we keep in contact with each other? I got her address, email and snail mail and her mobile number. I plan to keep in touch.

How many of us have family members that, for whatever reason, we never talk to, we never see? How many times do we put off catching up with someone because we think we don't have time? Or have we maybe had words with a member of our family and through pride or stubborness haven't contacted them. I just keep thinking that if we don't contact that person now.....that one day it may be too late.