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Hey Everyone,
I know that past blog posts have kind of gone over this, before, but how many of you actually, choose to live like you're dying? I don't know why, but I've been thinking about this concept a lot lately. I think it's partly to do with someone telling me that it's nice to see me happy all the time, again, the fact that I won't be getting to see my best friend much for the next three months, watching the show Chasing Life, etc.
Someone I know, sent me a video yesterday about first world problems and although I don't suffer from this, enough to even say I suffer from it, it made me think. It made me think how sad it is that some people actually struggle with this, and what a miserable life they must live. Being hungry, your phone not fitting in your pocket, or being cold, are such trivial problems, it's ridiculous to even call them "problems." I mean, really, what are "problems," like seriously? For me, any struggle I face is an opportunity to grow, another reason to turn to Jesus, and an opportunity to hopefully help others through similar issues, in the future.
Do you know where you are going when you die? I do. I know, without a doubt that I'll be going to be with my Savior in Heaven and it's going to one big party that never ends! While watching Chasing Life (which is a great show) I've been slightly "annoyed," by the fact that "the cancer card," is used so many times. It is sad that people have to suffer through cancer or any disease, and that they have to deal with so much physical pain, but in the end, we are ALL dying....this second I am one more second closer to my death than I was a second ago. Even though I don't have cancer, or any other terminal illness, that doesn't mean I'm any less close to dying than someone who is, because only God knows when I'll die. I could die tonight, and someone who is terminally ill, could die two weeks from now. When my purpose on this Earth is complete, Jesus will take me Home, period. So, please, for those who know me, when I die, miss me, but don't mourn too long. LIVE, because that's what I try to do every second of every day! I know I said this last post, but I want a party instead of a funeral. I want there to be dancing, laughter, good food, and please, please, don't all wear black (if you want, wear hot pink)! If it were up to me, I'd say have it at my favorite place on earth, CAMP, and dump my ashes in the lake, but, honestly, this party will be for the living, not me, so do it wherever you want!
Though enough about my death, that wasn't my point of this post...well kind of, but not entirely. My point is, that we only have one life on Earth so we should make the most of it! You never know when your last goodbye or conversation with someone will be, so don't live like you've got your whole life ahead of you, live like you have no time left! Focus on all the good, because when you die, all the stress or negativity will mean nothing, except be how others remember you...and personally, I want to be remembered as someone who was joyful!
I don't often stress about much, except for work sometimes, and do so even more rarely now, which is great. A few months ago, I was stressing out about getting the salad bar done on time, and my best friend told me to stop working for a minute, and with some hesitation I did. He, then, told me to look at the list and tell him whether it was, physically, possible for us to get all the things left, done before it was time for lunch; my answer was no. He then said, "OK, well then look at me, if we can't both, physically, get it done, what good is stressing going to do, except make you miserable? We'll do all we can, and whatever we can't, they can live without for a meal." Ever since then, I have played that memory in my head, whenever I start to get stressed out about something, because he was so right....stress does nothing, but rob me of the joy of the moment, that I'm not going to get back. It may seem like such a silly thing to resonate with me on such a significant level, but for some reason the way he said it clicked within me, and for that, I'm very grateful to him and to God; because it has helped me turn some "bad" situations, into some great ones instead!
Since I have blogged about similar things before, and because I don't remember what my other paragraphs were going to be, I'll just leave this as it is, for now, and maybe add to it later, when I remember.
I hope that you are all enjoying you last days of May and that you can say with confidence, that you live like your dying!
Until Next Time!
<3Abi
I know that past blog posts have kind of gone over this, before, but how many of you actually, choose to live like you're dying? I don't know why, but I've been thinking about this concept a lot lately. I think it's partly to do with someone telling me that it's nice to see me happy all the time, again, the fact that I won't be getting to see my best friend much for the next three months, watching the show Chasing Life, etc.
Someone I know, sent me a video yesterday about first world problems and although I don't suffer from this, enough to even say I suffer from it, it made me think. It made me think how sad it is that some people actually struggle with this, and what a miserable life they must live. Being hungry, your phone not fitting in your pocket, or being cold, are such trivial problems, it's ridiculous to even call them "problems." I mean, really, what are "problems," like seriously? For me, any struggle I face is an opportunity to grow, another reason to turn to Jesus, and an opportunity to hopefully help others through similar issues, in the future.
Do you know where you are going when you die? I do. I know, without a doubt that I'll be going to be with my Savior in Heaven and it's going to one big party that never ends! While watching Chasing Life (which is a great show) I've been slightly "annoyed," by the fact that "the cancer card," is used so many times. It is sad that people have to suffer through cancer or any disease, and that they have to deal with so much physical pain, but in the end, we are ALL dying....this second I am one more second closer to my death than I was a second ago. Even though I don't have cancer, or any other terminal illness, that doesn't mean I'm any less close to dying than someone who is, because only God knows when I'll die. I could die tonight, and someone who is terminally ill, could die two weeks from now. When my purpose on this Earth is complete, Jesus will take me Home, period. So, please, for those who know me, when I die, miss me, but don't mourn too long. LIVE, because that's what I try to do every second of every day! I know I said this last post, but I want a party instead of a funeral. I want there to be dancing, laughter, good food, and please, please, don't all wear black (if you want, wear hot pink)! If it were up to me, I'd say have it at my favorite place on earth, CAMP, and dump my ashes in the lake, but, honestly, this party will be for the living, not me, so do it wherever you want!
Though enough about my death, that wasn't my point of this post...well kind of, but not entirely. My point is, that we only have one life on Earth so we should make the most of it! You never know when your last goodbye or conversation with someone will be, so don't live like you've got your whole life ahead of you, live like you have no time left! Focus on all the good, because when you die, all the stress or negativity will mean nothing, except be how others remember you...and personally, I want to be remembered as someone who was joyful!
I don't often stress about much, except for work sometimes, and do so even more rarely now, which is great. A few months ago, I was stressing out about getting the salad bar done on time, and my best friend told me to stop working for a minute, and with some hesitation I did. He, then, told me to look at the list and tell him whether it was, physically, possible for us to get all the things left, done before it was time for lunch; my answer was no. He then said, "OK, well then look at me, if we can't both, physically, get it done, what good is stressing going to do, except make you miserable? We'll do all we can, and whatever we can't, they can live without for a meal." Ever since then, I have played that memory in my head, whenever I start to get stressed out about something, because he was so right....stress does nothing, but rob me of the joy of the moment, that I'm not going to get back. It may seem like such a silly thing to resonate with me on such a significant level, but for some reason the way he said it clicked within me, and for that, I'm very grateful to him and to God; because it has helped me turn some "bad" situations, into some great ones instead!
Since I have blogged about similar things before, and because I don't remember what my other paragraphs were going to be, I'll just leave this as it is, for now, and maybe add to it later, when I remember.
I hope that you are all enjoying you last days of May and that you can say with confidence, that you live like your dying!
Until Next Time!
<3Abi
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