Friday 22nd I learned that my aunt passed away early morning. You never expect that news from anyone. Once again it was something that I knew we all would have to deal with, and with that began another mourning time for me. The contact that I had with my aunt was limited to some extent because I was the one who hardly visit her, or maybe not phoned her as much as I should have. Yes I would see her at maybe Thanksgivings, Christmas, maybe a get together at some family gathering, or at times maybe when she visited my dad.
I realized that maybe if I slowed down and made some time for the true things in life, meaning family and friends, I would have seen her more often. Have we become so busy that we neglect the others around us? Are our lives so wound up in everyday work or play that we forsake our families and friends? Yes!!! We run around and spend mindless time doing nothing to help others. We get wrapped into our jobs where we never take the time to look up and see the ones who need the help are standing right in front of us, but we do not see them.
Instead we chase the dollar bill in a race to reach the prize of what? A bigger home, a nicer car, more stuff that we will not use more than once, but to say to someone I have a such and such…
All the while not seeing the needs of others. I am not saying that she needed help, but I did not take the time to call more often, or even visit! So the regrets I have are there and I alone can deal with them.
If you have not visited a friend or a loved one in while, call them up, appear at their door, surprise them. Spend sometime today with someone, just maybe 10 or 15 minutes it might turn into more…. who knows.
God Bless you all….
N4KMA