When I heard the old adage, “Life is short, you better enjoy it while your still young.”
I would think;
“How in the world am I going to enjoy life, if life’s so short?”
“If it’s short, How short is short?”
“What if I choose something to try and find I don’t like it the same time my time is up?”
I was always one to discern and question.
As I grew older and heard someone state this puzzling comment, the above questions would come swirling around like a tornado in my mind, and I’d think,
“Why would someone share such a thought. They certainly cannot think it is some pearl of Wisdom?”
As time moved on, and my beloved and myself found one another, and I heard that Ole adage again,
“Life is short, you better enjoy it while you are young!”
I noticed my thoughts changed
and became:
“I found my soulmate. You better bet your bottom dollars I will enjoy the time I have no matter how short.”
“Indeed, I have found my calling in this life, and I am going to embrace whatever God has in store!”
As I heard wise a elderly couple share with my little granddaughters after Church the other day, ” Life is short, enjoy it while you are young.”
Memories of my life began to fill my mind. Happiness, lose, good times, hard times and I began to understand what that old adage really means.
I find my heart full of gratitude. I smile, thinking of my small self, with the overwhelming concerning questions has now matured enough to see the gifts God has blessed her with. The precious gifts of two faith-filled, God Loving parents, a devoted, loving husband, six smart, witty children, amazing in-laws and beautiful grandchildren, who are all apart of my short life thus far. All of them, through all the ups and downs, I am coming to understand how special life is, and no matter how much time, we are given, every minute, is a moment in time, we are given the ability to enjoy each second we are here on this earth.
So enjoy every bit of it.
Written by, Deanna G.DeBondt
April 13, 2024
12am
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