Value...

09/11/2010

As I sit here in my comfortable family room this morning in my very comfortable, safe home, I cannot help but reflect on where I was on this date and at this hour nine years ago.  We were all lost that day, caught up in the horrific tragedy that befell so many.  There was an overwhelming sense of loss; the minutes seemed like hours, it was surreal.  I spent the day in a daze.  I cannot help but think of all those people whose lives were terminated in the senseless acts of that day and the value of the loss, and that is when I remembered reading this. 

To realize
The value of a sister/brother
Ask someone
Who doesn’t have one.

To realize
The value of ten years:
Ask a newly
Divorced couple.

To realize
The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.

To realize
The value of one year:
Ask a student who
Has failed a final exam.

To realize
The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.

To realize
The value of one month:
Ask a mother
Who has given birth to
A premature baby.

To realize
The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize
The value of one minute:
Ask a person
Who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To realize
The value of one second:
Ask a person
Who has survived an accident.

Time waits for no one.

Treasure every moment you have.

You will treasure it even more when
You can share it with someone special.

To realize the value of a friend or family member:

LOSE ONE.

And that is all I have to say about that…