"Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon." The Dalai Lama.
This week, Michael Jackson's death is all over the news. In fact, several U.S. celebrities in their fifties passed away in quick succession. Also this week, the Internet reunited me with a close childhood friend I'd lost touch with after leaving boarding school in Africa. In her second e-mail, Piper caught me up on her life and mentioned her husband "left 10 years ago for an older woman with a large backside."
"If only I'd known," she declared, "I'd have eaten more chocolate!"
Both events got me thinking about the lack of guarantees in this human life. Life is short, too short. A loved one passes before we can say all we wished we had spoken. Or hubby is here today, gone tomorrow, leaving the wife regretting missed confectionery opportunities. In fact, Piper suggests, she could have kept her man by indulging her tastes. Her sacrifice was all for nothing.
How often do we put something off, hide our true selves, delay our dreams, all for a relationship or in the delusion that we have all the time in the world?
The fact is that all we have is today. More accurately, all we have is the present moment. What are you going to do with it?
Me, I'm going to savor a square of exquisite chocolate, cuddle up to my husband, and contemplate my dreams.
"If only I'd known," she declared, "I'd have eaten more chocolate!"
Both events got me thinking about the lack of guarantees in this human life. Life is short, too short. A loved one passes before we can say all we wished we had spoken. Or hubby is here today, gone tomorrow, leaving the wife regretting missed confectionery opportunities. In fact, Piper suggests, she could have kept her man by indulging her tastes. Her sacrifice was all for nothing.
How often do we put something off, hide our true selves, delay our dreams, all for a relationship or in the delusion that we have all the time in the world?
The fact is that all we have is today. More accurately, all we have is the present moment. What are you going to do with it?
Me, I'm going to savor a square of exquisite chocolate, cuddle up to my husband, and contemplate my dreams.
photo by FUNKYA, flickr
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1 comment:
Yes, life is very short and all we have is this moment. I loved your post. No more delaying dreams for me. Thanks so much for the reminder. I love your humor. That also helps us be in the moment. Enjoy your chocolate!!!!
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