There Will Also Be Other Days....

Life is a glorious thing. For just a moment, I ask that you stop and take a breath. Stop and listen to the sound of the world whip around you. Maybe you will hear a mother bird calling out to her mate. Maybe the sounds of leaves blowing in the winter wind. Now lean down and grab a handful of earth. Feel the way the individual grains roll around in your fingers. Marvel at all the tiny components, the million grains of grit that all come together to make what you spend all your life treading over. Close your eyes and smell the scents that swirl around you. Put everything aside and just soak in your surroundings.

If you haven't figured it out by now, this life is a gift. In the span of your years on this planet you will be witness to moments of complete brilliance. Technological advances that only others have dreamed of will become common place and be taken for granted by you one day. Things that in the past would take years to create will be at the touch of a button. There will be times when your heart is so filled with joy and excitement that it's all you can do not to scream from mountain tops. Times when you have to hold yourself back from spreading the good news to passing strangers as they go by on their random way. You will experience moments when the only answer for such good fortune will be God. Weeks will go by when you will live off of love and never want for anything more.

There will also be other days....

Like the underside of a coin, life will not always go your way. You will be tested, you will feel defeated...there will be times when you will cry till the tears no longer pour out and all that will be left of you is a curled up mess. This life will bring you to your knees with the sheer volume of things it will pile on your back. Rainbows disappear, sunny days eventually lead to rain, and for every four leaf clover found is another lost by someone else. It's in these times when we prove who we are. It's in the middle of nightmares when we prove how strong we can be. When your time comes, I hope you remember these words...Believe...Pray...and be Thankful for all things.

Bill iii