It has been a while since I have posted anything. Life tends to do that, busy, busy, busy and then time just slips quietly by. Recently, I have watched my friends and family far and wide face many things, some good, some bad. In witnessing their strengths and weaknesses it made me think about how quickly life goes by. We tend to get busy with work, chores, social media… the list goes on…what we fail to do is pause…to enjoy life.
Death is imminent, we will not escape it and once it is upon us there are no more tomorrows to enjoy life. There are no more next time I wills, so instead of living life planning for the future, we need to live for the moment. To enjoy each day that we have, nothing is promised, except that it will end some day.
I watch my great nieces and I think how wonderful it is to have so much innocence at almost 2 1/2 years old and almost 6 months old. How magical life can be seeing so much for the first time and yet I know that unless we teach them otherwise, in time that beautiful innocence fades into a life that has sped by. Pause to watch a child play, to hear them when they call for you, to throw leaves up in the air in a moment that seems so magical or to hear their laughter as bubbles are blown. Pause to see innocence at its best and smile as you remember your own.
Cancer and illnesses rob us of precious moments with loved ones and ourselves, fight for the laughter and the happiness, the negativity already exists in the situation. Love as hard as long as you can.
Drugs and addiction steal the souls of loving children, parents… fight for the life that is inside and know that you have done your part, you cannot help someone who does not want to be helped, but addiction can be overcome and so for the addicts fight, your life is worth that fight.
For the abused, fight to get out and stay out, fight for your self worth and fight for your independence. You will survive and you will become stronger…I know I did…no it was not easy but I thank God I am here to tell my story.
For the bullied, no one has the power to effect you unless you grant them the power to do so. FIGHT!! You are not weak, you are strong and you are worth it. Do not let those who try to cove you in darkness snuff out your light….you can shine so fight!!
For those who are just afraid, who feel alone, who feel they cannot go on…yes you can…I will always be willing to talk you through things as I am sure others would too. Don’t ever give up hope, for when we have lost hope there is nothing else.
Our youth need us to guide them, we need the morals from 20-30 years ago (let’s not get to technical I may feel old if we do) to be instilled upon them. We have some very misguided kids coming up in this generation (though not all are like this), entitlement and greed are just a few things they are portraying in today’s society. they are lost in social media, lost in a world that we have let them slip into that doesn’t demand self-respect. Help them, guide them, lead them to better decisions, it IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY!
No matter what love yourself, love one another and most of all don’t forget to pause to remember simpler times, to remember a time when life was good and pause to reflect on the happiest moments you can. Tomorrow is not promised and the past is a memory. Today is what we have so love whole-heartedly and make the best of each moment…you define your happiness… no one else.
Forever thankful for my childhood, forever thankful for my family!!
Angel Evans 06/06/2019
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