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Here are some random thoughts that can make a difference in your
life.
You have one life to live. Live each day as if
it were the most precious time in your life. Today isn’t just
another day. It brings you closer by 24 hours to the end of your
life. If on the day you are about to die, God were to extend your
life by 24 hours, would those additional minutes mean something to
you? I’ll bet they would? What would you do with them? With whom
would you like to spend them? Your banker? Your friend? Your
children?
If you wake up each morning thinking that the
next 24 hours are a special gift from God to you, there will be
special appreciation for this gift of life. There is a good chance
that you will spend your day wisely. Perhaps you might even do more
acts of kindness than you would otherwise. Perhaps you will love
with a greater sense of urgency that will cause your relationships
to be transformed for the better.
From the moment of birth, the clock begins to
tick away the time remaining to us. This is not a dark negative
thought that should make us sad, but a reality that will cause us
not to throw away the life given to us in mindless and meaningless
ways.
Your work should enrich your spirit. If you are
trapped in a job that does not enrich your life, it is time to look
for some other work that inspires you. You always have a choice. You
may not think so at this time, but if you get into a searching mode,
in time you will find a direction in life that enriches your spirit
and causes you to eagerly look forward to getting up the next day
and going off to work. Do not be afraid to think thoughts that are
new to you. All you need is one new direction that can change your
life forever.
To fear death accomplishes absolutely nothing.
Every living thing on the planet is going to die someday, somewhere,
somehow. None including we humans can escape the inevitable.
Still we all have within our being a built-in
instinct for survival that we cannot do away with. It will always be
there to keep us alert and alive until the Angel of Death comes for
us.
We can, however, make a concentrated and
determined effort to fight off the fear of death that stalks us. We
can control our fear to the best of our ability by understanding and
accepting that to fear death will not keep it at bay. On the
contrary, to be overly fearful of death can even cause us
unnecessary stress and even hasten the end.
To remain peaceful in the warm embrace of God
who watches over us should be our prayer. We cannot avoid death, but
we can face it with dignity and faith in the Lord.
If you have
problems about drugs, alcohol and behavior/attitude call my office
at 820-6107 or 825-1771 or e-mail me at gvcbuenca@vasia.com or write
me at P.O. Box 2099 MCPO, Makati City.
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