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I saw this picture and it reminded me of my Ronda, the beautiful friend I wrote about yesterday.  It made me smile.  She was always pushing the envelope, living on the edge and she put me in this position more than once! 

I had lunch with my mother yesterday and we talked and laughed as we remembered different things about her.  There was never a dull moment when Ronda was on the scene.  Losing her reminded us that life is too short for most of us but especially for her.  We don’t know how long each of us has here on this earth so we need to live every day to the fullest.  I know that life gets in the way, it gets messy sometimes and our joy is robbed now and again.  Sometimes we live in pain and fear, uncertainty and even depression.  Our bliss lives hiding in the shadows of our lives.    

Those are the moments that we have to power through.  Enjoy the time we have surrounded with friends and family who love us, fill our spare time doing the things we love to do, and appreciate the things we don’t.  Life is a precious gift that we take for granted.  It’s not forever – in fact – we don’t know our expiration date.  It’s not ink stamped on our skin like the food products we buy but we still have a shelf life.

I don’t want to sit on a boring shelf packaged between canned chili and pickled eggs.  I want to by happy in my surroundings and be alive with joy and hope.  I want to power through the negative and to live a blessed life.  There are small things that I regret but as mom and I talked about yesterday, we are secure and happy in our lives and if it were to end tomorrow, we would be content and ready to move on.

I wish the same for you.  Each day we are given is one day less we have.  Live and be happy no matter what circumstance you face.  Life is truly too short no to.