You never know what you have until its gone...so make the most of every opportunity, it you love someone then say it - if you want to be better friends with someone then do it...eveyday is a gift thats why its called "the present"...
For some reason or another I decided to call my parents today even though I had talked to them yesterday - I knew something was terribly wrong the moment my Dad answered the phone - my Mom got on the line and asked me if I was sitting down. One of my friends back home died just this morning...I didn't know him as well as I would have liked to, but he was still a friend. His name was Ryan - he was seventeen and a senior this year...no matter how cold it was he would always be wearing khaki shorts, white socks, and a red hoodie (at least when I saw him)...you know those people that brighten your day with just a smile - well, that was Ryan.People react in different ways to tragedy...and I reacted in anger...I just can't understand why God would take him now...this guy was a miracle, he had drowned once when he was a toddler and was revived...its the holiday season...I can only imagine what Thanksgiving will be like for his parents... it is a time to thank God for all the many blessings He has given us,yet their son is dead...he was fine,he was healthy - it wasn't his time to go, he had his whole life ahead of him.But if he was loved so much by us here on earth, when our love is tainted, then how much more did God love him?So live your life as if it was your last day on this earth - I know I'll see Ryan again in heaven and he'll be wearing those khaki shorts,white socks, and that red hoodie...and he will smile and I will smile...I'm not good with words, but this song says it all ~
I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you...
Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good
It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...
Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
Because I knew you,
I have been changed for good
...Ryan Spear will never be forgotten...when life in in discord praise ye the Lord...
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I really like that song you used. I think it truly displayed your point. good work, and keep on writing!
I think sometimes we forget to live everyday as if it were our last. I know God took Ryan for a good reason and you should just believe that.
I'm sorry that your friend passed away. It's never easy to deal with the death of someone you know.
It's good to be reminded to live today as if it were your last. I like that saying that everyday is gift; that's why it's called a "present." I think both thoughts go hand in hand because we never know when our last day is going to be. Each day we wake up is a true gift from God.
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