Lesson 16: Make Hay While the Sun Shines

Events of the week brought this lesson back to life. It is so easy to view the glass as half empty rather than half full. How often do we wish that our lives could be different? If we only had more of this and more of that, we could do this and that.

This week we learned that two people in our lives were terminally ill. One was particularly shocking. The other expected. It brought to mind that there is a way for most of us to make our lives different that we can control and that is "TIME". For those dear ones who have been given a timeline, that "TIME" has become very precious. They will eek out the most they can do with all those they love the best way they can while the quality of their lives remain.

For most of us, we often overlook the value of this very precious gift. We take time for granted and put off what can be done another time. It isn't until we are challenged with a defined timeline that there is finally meaning.

The lesson here is to grab the brass ring when you can for our timelines are uncertain. View the gift of time as a precious gem. Find one thing to do each day to make your life fulfilling so if and when you learn you have a timeline, you can look back with joy at a life well-lived.