Life Is Not A Race
By Susan Terbay • May 20th, 2009 • Category: Columnists, Susan Handle Terbay
Below is part of an email sent me by a young man in college and whose life could easily end any day. While his quality of life is not like all young people for his body has great limitation, his spirit takes on the flight of an eagle and the flutter as a butterfly.
He’s a phenominal person who has gently touched my heart and has left his footprints solidly on my soul. He constantly reminds many of us of the value of each day as a gift. Below is from an article another friend sent him and I don’t know the author but I believe the words speak to all of us.
Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? Ever followed a butter fly’s erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the fading night? Do you run through each day on the fly? When you ask ‘”How are you?’” do you hear the reply?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head? Ever told your child, “We’ll do it tomorrow.’” And in your haste, not see his sorrow? Ever lost touch? Let a good friendship die? Just call to say “Hi”?
When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift….Thrown away…… Life is not a race Take it slower. Hear the music before the song is over..
Copyright 2009 Susan Handle Terbay
Susan Terbay - Susan Handle Terbay shares, "As I look back over my life I have come to some profound conclusions. The most valuable gift both given and received is love. Throughout my life I have been blessed with the wisdom of children, the wisdom of the elderly and especially the wisdom of the dying. Not one person on their death bed wished they had made more money or worked more hours. They all wished they would have spent more time with their loved ones, enjoyed the beauty of this world and taken a chance to love someone. I learned so much in my life and have faced some difficult challenges. I hope that maybe something I write touches another and reminds someone they are never alone in this world - someone understands, someone has been down the same path and always God is within each of us. Of all the experiences in my life the greatest gifts I have ever received were six precious lives who came into my life and forever changed me. . From the moment each were placed in my arms at their birth, my children have taught me about life and love. Now the gifts continue with my beautiful grandchildren as I await to listen to their stories yet to be told, and their wisdom yet to be learned. Motherhood is a gift - something to be treasured - always."
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