APPRECIATE LIFE

It is another Monday and majority of us will jump up from our beds quite early and head out in search of our daily bread, or in my case, head to school to begin what will be the start of another stressful week (Ps. Physiology sucks!!!). Looking at our world today everyone seems to be busy with one thing or the other. In all our daily struggles we have consistently skipped out on one important thing; which is being appreciative of the gift of life. We have become so engulfed in our daily battles that we have failed to sit back and realize how fortunate we are to still be alive today. It took a friend of mine passing away weeks ago for me to grasp the fact that life can be taken away in the blink of an eye. Life is really too short to spend striving and struggling and not appreciate what we presently have. All we have labored for can and will be taken away from us in no time, and the difference between life and death is only but a second. So why wallow in constant stress? Why worry too much about meaningless things that at the end of the day do not matter?

We get so caught up with our destination that we forget the most important thing we as humans must do, which is to help each other and spread love. We all do need to appreciate life a bit more. Go out, have fun, take a walk, go on a vacation, run around screaming for no reason, be weird and act weird, dance, laugh, smile, reconcile, help someone in need, treat others with respect, help the elderly, look out for your neighbor, do things that will put smiles on the faces of people. We get so caught up with our destination that we forget to the most important thing we as humans should do, which is to help each other. These are the good things of life, actions that can spread love throughout the world within the short time we have on earth. And while we appreciate life, never forget to say thank you to the big man upstairs. I’m sure he can do with a few thank yous here and there. We are still alive today, so we can take advantage of that fact and enjoy the good things life has to offer before it is too late. Look around you today and appreciate what you have with love and happiness, because tomorrow you may not see them. Rememeber, in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, “for every minute you are angry you lose sixty seconds of happiness”.