Profound Words from a Stranger

I stumbled across this woman's blogspot in my unguided attempts to find my brothers. Her husband had been diagnosed with cancer with a life expectancy of "not long". How does one respond when you are told that death is just around the corner? The doctor said in a matter-of-fact way, "None of us have tomorrow. This is it. Today is all we have, and today you are alive. Today you can hold your wife's hand, and tell your children you love them. You're going to have good days, and you're going to have bad ones. Make a list, and on the good days, do those things you want to do. Live your life". (http://nikibs.blogspot.com/?expref=next-blog)

I am being convinced more and more that things in this life happen for a reason. Words or actions are said and done because they are supposed to and because God has a plan for us.
I often do not realize His plan because it is not my plan. I could have chosen not to read that blog. But sometimes I am drawn to something, be it a song, letter or blog, or tune in to a conversation, not knowing what I am meant to get out of it. I believe that this is God's way of getting my attention. I am not going through nearly the same experience as this woman, but I needed to read her words at this moment in my life. My problems and my worries about my life are minuscule in comparison. The message is the same for us both. We have one chance at this life and we can't take it for granted.

Live each day as if it were your last and have no regrets of the past.