LIVE YOUR LIFE!

I went to a friends funeral today. It was a beautiful ceremony, celebrating his life and acknowledging the positive impact that he had on so many people. Before going to the service I could not help but to think of the many people that I have personally known to pass on, from their worldly existence. The causes of their physical death varied from drug over doses, gun shot wounds, car, motorcycle, and boating accidents, fist fights, stab wounds, and heart attacks. In this reflection I could not help but to honor the many dances with fate that I have had.

I have walked away from multiple car wrecks, including one at one-hundred twenty-five miles per hour, been shot at more than once, had more fist fights than I can remember, and survived being stabbed nine-times. There are times that I think of my friends and/or family members that have passed, and although I value the divinity in all that is, I ask: why am I still here, and they are not? Am I any more worthy of life than them? Are they being punished? Do I have more purpose than they do, or did? ABSOLUTELY NOT! We are all equal in the worth we uphold for the gift of life that we have, and the importance of us being here, no matter how short or long our time may be.

No matter when the time comes for us to leave our shell, or what the cause may be, it can occur at any moment, without any warning at all. You, or your loved ones, will not get a phone call asking if you are ready to go. It happens as it does, when it does, and why it does, FOR A REASON.

Although it is hard not to question why we loose people, in the physical sense, when we do, we must remind ourselves that there is a greater purpose at work, always. There is no mistake that you are here and they are not. They are not being punished because they passed on, and neither are you, regardless of how much you may think so otherwise. We will not always know the reason for events in our life, as they happen, but we will always know the answer to one questions: "why are we here?" WE are here to LIVE! Just as the people who pass on do because it is their time, we are still here because it is ours. It is their time to leave and it is ours to stay. When it is time for you to go, that you will do, but until then you are here now, to LIVE.

The question is: "HOW WILL YOU LIVE?"

Many Blessings- RRIII