It seems like I went to bed at six years old and woke up in High School. Then i went back to sleep and woke up this morning in a grown man's body. It seems like life seems to just pass by faster and faster every day. After my eighteenth birthday every year has went by faster than the year before, with the weeks almost running into one another. I wake up all the time wondering where the time has gone. The way it feels I'm going to be fifty next week even though it is a little over twenty years away.
Well I wonder why I told you all that stuff. The point I am trying to make is that every day you wake up, you are one day closer to the day you die. We seem to forget that every day after the beginning you are working your way to the end. Our time here on earth is so short and we often take it for granted. One thing I don't want to do is grow old and feel there was so much more I could have done with my life. We were all put here for a purpose, but that purpose seems to be frequently forgotten.
If you are a follower of Christ, you know that you were put here to be a living testimony. Your task is to share your life's experiences and wisdom that God has given you to help the people around you get the most out of what life has to offer. We fail miserably at this because we are too busy thinking of what we don't have instead of being thankful for what we do. Things were not meant to be handed to you, but you were designed to work to achieve things. The Bible says ask and you shall receive, but you have to be willing to work toward what you want. The key word being WORK.
But working is not the topic of this post. The main point is that we need to realize that our days on this Earth are numbered. The life expectancy of people is much shorter today than it used to be, mainly because of the increased stress that is placed on people at a young age. We need to stop and appreciate what time we do have and make the most of it. You have to experience life and appreciate all the trials and the joys of it. Without pain how can you enjoy pleasure, and without sadness how can you be thankful for happiness?
Live your life with no regrets. Making mistakes is not as bad as it is made out to be. It is continuing to make the SAME mistakes that we should fear. Life gets messy sometimes, but it makes the joys of making it right so much sweeter. If life were perfect you would never learn anything. No matter where you come from everyone experiences the same types of emotions. Rich, poor, tall, short, overweight and skinny people all experience pain, love, joy, anger, and sadness. So just remember to take charge and make the most of the person you are. Life is way too short to think of what you don't have, because one day you will blink and be wondering where your time went.
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