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 'WHAT REALLY COUNTS'
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We are so involved in our everyday lives, that many times what really counts becomes vague, evasive, and too often forgotten. The quick fix is what we need to be happy. If we need to be happy, we reach for the nearest thing available. Commercials let us know that all the time. Be happy and look beautiful with this perfect makeup. If you have this exact product this will make you happy. At work we are driven to success and more happiness. How much status do I have? Recognition will make me happy. Advancing one more rung up the ladder will make me happy. How did that saying go back in the 80’s, “He who dies with the most toys wins?”
We are so caught up in this endless circle that our children learn very well from our actions. I look around and ask myself. “When was the last time anybody married for love?” You run across this so seldom. And the more progress the world makes, the more love goes out the window. If couples truly loved each other when they married, divorce would not be as prevalent as it is today. They marry to be happy. They are reaching for that love and happiness that we all need. But if someone does not love you, it will not last. If you are merely reaching for love and don’t love that person, it will not last. There will be a divorce, and the circle will begin all over again, as we all search for that love and happiness that will fulfill our life.
Do we ever meet our true love? I believe that some of us do. I am an incurable romantic and I would like to say, hang on, yes you will meet your true love and live happily ever after. But then the realist drops by and pops my balloon. I believe many of us meet our true love while we are young. The one that you know will make your life complete ‘till death do us part. If you have your true love and are walking life’s path together, I applaud you. I don’t find many of you out there. Realize how lucky you are and cherish it. In too many cases family will tell you that they are not right for you and you will part, settling for second best, never to find true love again. Or tragically, you will lose your true love to an early death.
These thoughts raced through my mind one afternoon as I found myself suddenly admitted to a hospital. The first day was quite serious. My fever was extremely high and, although I could not respond, I was aware of everything that was being said around me. While I appeared to everyone to be in an unconscious state, I started to sort things out. I started to sort out what really counts.
You see, I am one of those lucky ones. I have just met my one true love, but he is not within arm’s reach. My only thought was that I needed to get to a phone and let someone know, but I knew I was not able to. They all left me in my room alone and that entire afternoon I spent sorting things out.
Unexpectedly, I had been rushed to the hospital. I had been fine the prior evening, and suddenly a fever spiked and overtook me. Suddenly. My own personal motto is, “Enjoy each day to its fullest, because God doesn’t promise you tomorrow.” This came too close to becoming a reality. In fact, I may change that motto. The things I hold dear, my treasured possessions all of a sudden took on no meaning. Any goals that I had to make money so that I could live comfortably were forgotten. Life is too precious, too short, and you may lose it in an instant. Politics, world issues, my social status mean nothing, as long as I am with my family and the one I love. As long as we are together, that is all that counts. As long as we are together we can manage through anything, for that is what is really important. If I should lose my house and everything I own, I have my love, and that is all I need.
I prayed that afternoon as I lay there. I told God that I wasn’t ready to go. I still had things to finish, and to please unite me with my one true love, as that is the most important thing that I need to accomplish. I never slept that evening, I just thought, prayed and was aware of everything going on around me.
The next day, a little after noon, I discovered I was able to move and that I was able to speak. I was able to make the phone call. I was in the hospital a few days after that and then sent home to continue recuperating.
They say that when you are so very ill, you will call out for the person that means the most to you, and that is who I called out for. My wish was granted, although a little delayed.
From this moment on I focus on what is really important. I focus on what really counts. The other things are merely conveniences I have but for a moment. I focus on my family, my love for them. I focus on things that touch my heart. I focus on the sun and the moon, the trees and the flowers, the clouds and the rain. I see the beauty in everything. But most of all I focus on my one true love
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