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"Life is not measured by the number of breaths
we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
~Unknown
Good
morning!
This quote from
Cathi arrived at a perfect time for me--one of
those "unexpected blessings." I had just learned that a close
friend of my brother and I passed away over the weekend. He
was in his thirties and his death was sudden and unexpected.
As most
of you know, my brother passed away suddenly in 1997. Throughout the
years, I have learned to find the "blessing in tragedy" by focusing on
the gifts he left behind instead of the moments we do not have
together.
One of the greatest gifts we find in tragedy is awareness. We learn the
value of a moment--of a second. We learn not to take any moment for
granted, because each moment is special. I wanted to create a Good
Morning in memory of Todd--as a reminder to value what we
have--today--while we have it. I couldn't seem to find the right words
that morning. Then this unexpected email came from Cathi...and I'll let
her tell you the rest....
"I may have heard / seen this quote before, but if I did, it really
didn't have meaning for me until my brother passed away
unexpectedly last November. My sister and I put together
picture boards for his memorial and purchased some vellum sheets used
in scrap booking to add quotes to his boards.
The quote above was on one of the sheets. Russell was only
45, so we felt he was much too young to die -- he hadn't taken enough
breaths in his life... But as we looked through his
pictures to select those that would go on the boards, we found many in
which he was in nature and the scene around him was one of those that
would take your breath away -- sitting on a cliff overlooking the Rocky
Mountains; precariously standing on a rock pile overlooking a beautiful
valley; sitting among the fall leaves. We could see that even though
his life was cut short, he had many beautiful moments that took his
breath away.
Now this quote
has more meaning - it reminds me to pay attention to those moments that
take my breath away. It may be as simple as the beauty of a snowflake,
the sparkle of dew on the grass, the smile of a child, a ray of
sunshine peaking through the clouds, etc. In fact, my
"something great" from yesterday was that as I reviewed a video I had
taken last week of the clouds and sky, I found that I had captured
three gorgeous rays of sunshine shooting out of a cloud. As I
paused the video and captured the pictures frame by frame, I ended up
with 30 beautiful pictures of the rays that hadn't been visible with
the naked eye. While some people may not think this
is anything special, it took my breath away and made me smile, and as I
shared the pictures with my family, they had similar reactions."
And as always,
don't forget to
start your day with a heartfelt: "Something great is
going to
happen today... I can't wait to see what it is!"
And when ending
your day ask yourself: "What is one more thing I can do
to
make today matter?
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