Monday, January 23, 2012

Words left unspoken

It's not often that we tell the people we love how much they really mean to us.  I've been trying to do that with my parents, tell them how much I love them and how much I appreciate them and how great I think they are.  I tell them I love them everyday, but I don't tell them how important they are and how much they mean to me.  You never know when life will end and I don't want to have those words left unspoken.

I recently found out that one of the coaches I socialized with a lot while I was in college has some rare disease and has 6 months to a year to live.  He's one of the nicest men.  I probably haven't seen him in a year or so but when I do see him, I get the best bear hug from him.  I just sent him an email to let him know what a great man he is.  It's not often people get to hear the nice things people have to say about them.  They often go left unsaid until a funeral, and I didn't want that to happen.  I'm sure he's getting a lot of these types of things said to him as of late.  He deserves to hear every single one of the kind words that people have to say about him.

I can't imagine what it's like to know that you only have a certain number of days left to live.  Sometimes I wish I lived like that was the case.  We should all do that, but we don't.  Life gets ahead of us and we forget that we're only here for a short time.  It's sad.  As Tim McGraw says, "Live Like You Were Dying."

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