A fast-paced day led me to a silent window. There were too many emotions trying to speak within my soul as if to be a crowd of unruly people within my mind. I couldn’t make sense of these emotional murmurs, so I stood by the window to find some solace. There was a certain ache within my spirit; one really for the unfortunate state of humanity. Do we no longer value the beautiful essence of life itself? Is it now worth nothing so much so that we’d rather see each other suffer than to help each other stand?
Finally, I could somewhat understand the emotional chaos running wild in my soul—echoing throughout the sorrowful space of my troubled mind. It was the muffled sound of each news report of someone killed, the horrific agony of yet another tragedy, the death count of the innocent, the cries of the loved ones left to suffer the loss, the pleading for all the evil to end…yet it spans the earth. It destroys day by day, nation by nation, human by human.
Although the seconds continued to tick on, the day stopped. I stood by a lonely window to capture every detail I could see, and hear, and feel within me. I saw how the sun captured the beauty of a wet blade of grass glistening from the crystal colored raindrops that embraced it earlier. This was serenity. You may ask me why, and I will tell you that it is because tomorrow is not promised. I didn’t know if I’d ever see such a simple, delicate, innocent matter of life again for the people who were once here…once saw something beautiful on this earth…and never saw it again.
By that window, I took a moment to value life. I put aside the petty troubles from earlier, and I realized that life is not a million mile road, for when faced with death…life is the blink of an eye…
And like a blown out candle, the flame will no longer exist.
Every minute of life is a minute to treasure for it is a priceless gem; a Gift given to us to bring hope, beauty, laughter, and inspiration. Life is a fleeting opportunity to make the most out of time, and like the wind…it must come, and then it must go.
By the window, I see the beauty of today–and I will treasure it so that if I am granted tomorrow, I will value every minute of it.
Once again. You have said what I and many others feel. But, do not know how to put in words. For this. I Thank You.
I am sitting here prepping the brisket and sausage for day two of our Family Reunion. This will be the 55th one. Today at lunch, after the Prayer. This will be read to all my Family. I want all of them to experience what have experienced this writting.
Once again. Thank You for puttiongh this into words.
BB
Bill,
Thank you for stopping by to read and comment on my post. Your kindness in doing so is greatly appreciated. Thank you for sharing it, and I hope you and your family have a wonderful reunion full of laughter, joy, peace, and many beautiful and blessed memories!
T.S. Wilkins
A beautiful message, beautifully written.
Sylv,
Thank you for your very kind words!
Blessings,
T.S. Wilkins
Like Bill said, you have the most wonderful amazing gift of expressing feelings, what a lot of us feel, but can’t put into words, I love it! And it is so awesome to make the most of each day and to have that frame of mind to enjoy it, whether you are doing a chore, spending time with loved ones or whatever it may be, knowing the reality of life. Tomorrow is not promised to us and most of us know that, but I think you have to get to a point in your life spiritually, to not let troubles overshadow how precious this time we have here and how we use it. This reminds of yesterday, I looked out the door and just happend to look up at the sky, its been a minute that I had seen a sky so blue and clear it was just beautiful and amazing to me. It was truly skyblue not one cloud, so pretty. I just gazed at it for a few minutes and was just like wow, and that beauty was peace. There is so much beauty in this world and so much we have to be thankful for.
Joyce,
I am thankful to you and Bill for your kind words. Yes, despite all that is happening in our world–there is still so much beauty. We have to be careful not to forget that beauty is actually all around us. We cannot become blinded by the negativity of the world just because it yells louder, and is painful, and seems to be becoming more and more popular. There is hope in our world. I believe that God has blessed us with so much beauty, and we oftentimes do not see it, or hear it, or feel it because it’s that soft whisper in the midst of a horrifying yell. But it’s there, and I believe that we as human beings have a responsibility to reach out to our fellow human beings in their time of need to show them that Hope is still alive. We have to cherish each and every beautiful moment while we can, and in doing so we will realize that if we look for beauty we will find it, and if we listen for beauty we will hear it, and if we open our hearts to embrace beauty…we will feel it.