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Here today, gone tomorrow…what will you be remembered for?

This life is truly fickle. You are here today and gone tomorrow. Losing someone dear is one of the most difficult things to bear. While watching a young man eulogizing his mother at her burial in his native language, I could connect with his emotions. It was deep and heart brooding.

I said I could connect because I have lost my mum too. Oh by the way, please, when you are trying to console someone who has lost someone dear, their mum for instance, please do not say “I understand how you feel” if you have not lost your mother, because the honest reality is that you do not know what the person is going through since you haven’t lost same. Words like “God will give you the fortitude to bear this great loss” “Praying for you” “I am so sorry about the exit of your mum” “God will be with you and yours” (you can add yours) and so on, are appropriate words that will suffice. Back to what I was saying, as I stared at the young man, my heart went out to him. I do not understand his mother-tongue but I could connect. His demeanor, his movements, his teary eyes…line after line, he read out what he had written and when the camera turned to those in the church, the expression on their faces told the story of the woman who had passed on, and you did not even need to meet the woman to know who and what she represented and how she obviously had impacted lives. Their expressions told the tale. Looking at the faces of the guests said it all. When it was time for others to say a few words about the diseased, everyone had something positive to say. The impact she had made in the lives of many, even strangers. Her compassionate heart and tireless desire to be a helping hand.

Watching from my phone, I kept saying to myself “What a life… what a life…what a woman…what a blessing!

She epitomizes all it means when people say someone ‘ died empty’. She surely did, because she emptied her all and gave of herself and all she had to bless humanity.

She certainly lived her life fully and died at the age of 80. Once again, the question “How have you impacted humanity?” always comes to mind and I am asking you that same question. When all is said and done, when it is time to bid this world goodbye after your journey on planet earth is done completely, what will you be remembered for? What are you doing now to impact the world positively?

The skills, the talents, the potentials, what have you done with it? How long are you going to give those excuses for not starting what you are equipped to start? Trust me, there will never be a perfect time to start. The longer you wait for the perfect time, the more you procrastinate the birth of something great you have since been inspired to do.

This is a message for you and I. Time waits for no one. Do what you can when you can because a time comes when there will be no time. Live purposely, you are here today, gone tomorrow…what will you be remembered for?