Life is Precious

These past few weeks have been tough emotionally on me,  I have watched my best friend lose her grandfather to old age and her father to cancer, all within 2 days of each other.   It has really made me think a lot about life and all it has to offer.   I have watched the letters of sympathy come pouring in for him, and them.  I have read about how wonderful a man, friend, brother, son  and husband he was.  As I read all of these messages I thought, how often we don't say those things to people when they are alive, we wait until they are gone.  Why do we wait?  As human beings we all like to hear nice things about ourselves or something we have done, so why don't we do it more?  

I read about the pages that turn up on Facebook when someone dies unexpectedly.  When you read them the condolences usually follow with something positive that they remember about that person.  Did that person know they thought that about them?  Probably not and that's a shame.

So I have made a decision, I am going to let those people in my life know how much they mean to me, NOW!  I am going to tell them the positive things they have brought to my life, and why I am who I am because of them.  It might be someone I just met, or a friend I have known for years.  Whether it is a note or a phone call I am going to let those people know that they are important to me.

Therefore friends, watch your mailboxes, cause if you are reading this then you are someone who cares enough about me to read my thoughts, so you can be sure that because of that, you make my life better.  

Paddling down that river called life.......