Just like some of you, I have some family and friends who are dealing with health issues. I am grateful that I am healthy overall, and I do not take that for granted. So, I made myself walk two-and-a-half miles a couple of days this week, although I did not want to. I thought of my friend who isn’t capable of walking, and just got myself out there. I had to push myself, but I did it. I am not bragging, just sharing. There will come a time when we will not be physically or mentally able to do things we can do now. So, as long as we are able, we need to be as physically active as we can be.

As I think about life, I am amazed at how fast time has flown by. I am 73 years old, and I honestly do not know how the years passed so quickly. It seems like only yesterday that I was graduating from high school, yet it has been fifty-five years. I celebrated my fiftieth college reunion last May. My daughter Tara will be fifty years old this November, (I am not sure she will appreciate me announcing that!) and my oldest granddaughter is 20. When I hear the age of someone who is older than I am, I do the math, and wonder if I will live that long. This is not intended to be morbid, just to acknowledge that we do not have unlimited time. Time is finite, and once gone, it is gone forever. And so are some of our loved ones.

Our family lost a dear (chosen) family member this week. The loss is significant. Coy Davis made his heavenly transition at the age of 94. I think of all of the times I could have called, and didn’t. Now, it is too late. I am not really feeling guilty (although I probably should) as much as remorseful. My opportunity to connect has passed. All I have now are memories and photos, and I treasure both.

Once the time to do anything we want to do has passed, our opportunity to do that does not come around again. I know we know this, yet we live as if we have forever, all the while knowing that we don’t. Our time is limited. Time is our most valuable resource. We should not waste it.

If time is finite, it behooves us to decide how we want to spend it, and not waste any of it. While we do not know how long we will live, we can decide how we will live.