Live, Love, Laugh, Pray

It's the end of the day on Saturday for me, in fact, it is Sunday's dawn.  Saturday was pretty much a low-keyed day.  I attended the Memorial Service of a co-worker and friend who died this past week.  In many ways, her family and friends were all mourning her loss, yet we were celebrating her life and reliving the happy memories of her.  That was a good thing.  I think we should always do that.  It is just our way of dealing with death, the tears, the sadness, but we somehow are always happily reassuring ourselves that this person is no longer in pain. They have moved on to a better life, the life that they will hopefully live with God.

I know a lot of people do not believe in God, much less the fact that their dead loved ones will have moved on to an after life.  But I say to each his own.  If it makes me feel better to believe that this is how my mom and dad are spending their after life, then that is what I believe!  Never try to say otherwise because that would be disrespectful!



Our time on this earth is limited.  We live our lives, work for a living. Some people are lucky enough to never know a want or care in this world.  To never know pain.  Unfortunately there are so many of us who do.  So this is why living your life to its full potential is always the best thing to do.  Sure everything gets in the way; no one said gaining and having success would be easy.  But keep trying until you get to that place of comfort where you want to be.

We should not wait until death or even a wedding for families and friends to get together.  It would be wonderful if all families celebrated every day, or at least spend as many time as they could together.  So many of us grow apart because of differences; sometimes these differences are just too silly to say out loud.  What are we fighting for? Why doesn't cousin Mary like Aunt Sara?  Why were we fighting in the first place?   I realize sometimes the other person refuses to make up, to stop the malice and bad feelings, especially when you are trying to make up for whatever the disagreement was.  It does take two people to make any relationship work.

As one of my favorite Jamaican singer Ernie Smith sang, "Life is just for living".  We should live our lives, love each other, laugh together, and pray for each other!  We can make the changes in our lives that will bring each other close together.  It can begin with you, it can begin with me.