Time to Reflect on How Precious Life Is

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Life is very precious. We tend to rush through our days, plan more projects than we can finish in a day and forget how important it is to STOP and smell the roses!! I was reminded of this recently when I received some sad news.

My best friend was becoming a grandmother for the first time. The new parents were extremely excited and immediately began a campaign of eating right, resting and reading books on becoming a parent. They even made adjustments in their careers and location to live closer to the family.

This was a joyous time for the whole family. The mother-to-be was dealing with the usual things: weight gain, heart burn and constant kicking from the baby. Plans were being prepared for baby showers, selecting a name and counting down the remaining days.

On Thursday December 5th everyone was doing the final touches for a baby shower with friends and family. The party room had been reserved and the catered food was finalized. A reminder was sent by Facebook on Thursday morning to everyone of the Sunday event.

By 8:30 that night their whole world came crashing down. The text from my friend was a shock, this wasn't real, how could it happen!!! During the parents-to-be routine doctor's examination, they received the horrible news....the baby's heartbeat had stopped. One month from the due date....

I have been doing a lot of reflection about how precious our life is. We are constantly looking for that golden egg, the winning lottery number or the big raise. Or as a WA member wanting to earn that big commission right now.

SLOW DOWN, you are a member of a unique community of friends and supporters. Our lives have not been cut short. You are able to fulfill your dreams. You are right where you want to be....a member of Wealthy Affiliate.

I am fulfilling MY DREAM with the Wealthy Affiliate's program. My days can be hectic, I may spend 8-10 hours working on my website, watching training videos or tutorials, but I always remember to take a moment and appreciate life.

"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light" Aristotle Onassis

God Bless!

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Very good post. I think that you sometimes need to slow down in order to move forward in a productive way.

Jan, life is so full of surprises. But I believe in a God that has a plan for everyone of us. I know that sometimes it is hard for us to see His plans. But that's when we have to understand and believe that His ways are not our ways.
There is a lesson to be learned here, and it may be to SLOW DOWN! Sometimes we can be in such a hurry that we abuse time and life, and this is not done on purpose, it just happens. We are not promised any time except right now.
I try to make it a habit to live in the moment and experience all that I can in that moment, for all I know it could be my last!
I will be in prayer for you, your friends and their family. Keep the faith!

Hi Jan. When reading your post one is almost forced to do some self-reflection. Specially at the end of the year it is a good time to evaluate. To determine what steps you are planning to make your life being continuously worthwile living for. Life is too short not trying to make the best of it every day which means that we have to be gratefull and prepared to share what we can with those surrounding us; not ony our personal families but also our WA community. Regards, have a nice day and a joyfull month of december.
Antonius.

Yes we do tend to evaluate our lives more when a new year is about to begin. Thanks.

I have seen this happen many times. I use to work in an office that totally dealt with the health care of women. I remember seeing a patient over and over again and then the times of loss would be different but they would lose the baby in the month or even days before the baby was due. It was so very sad. It would put a damper on our office the rest of the day. We had been so happy for our patient all during the time of her pregnancy. Then to come into the office and have an ultrasound to find out the little one had died.

All you can do is appreciate life as it is. I had 3 family members die all in the month of October of this year. They were all older though and at least had a life here on earth.

I also had to take a step back and as I say "stop and smell the roses". Yesterday, I went to a local football game for the high school state championship and I had not even been to one since I had graduated High School! I had so much fun with a couple of my friends.

I am also taking the time like you said to appreciate life now. It is not that I didn't appreciate it before, it is just that I am really really going to acknowledge that life is a gift.

Thank you for understanding....

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