a care package...

a care package...

"When someone cares, it is easier to speak, it is easier to listen, it is easier to play, it is easier to work...when someone cares, it is easier to laugh."
-Susan Polis Shutz

I just got a message today in the show...from a young lady who seemed very sad...she has a dear friend...who will be gone in two months...

Now, how does one live with that little piece of information? How does one handle something so fragile? I'd go nuts just thinking about it, knowing I could not stop it from happening...

But that's the thing...I should not even think about stopping it from happening...because it is bound to happen...it's already written in God's book. If I could only erase the words written in that book, so it won't happen this soon...but i can't... nobody can...

You just have to let it run it's course...it is not and will never be in our hands, like time...we can never stop it from ticking every single second...

But there is something I can do...to make it better...I can continue to care...and show it without hesitation...I'd have to shed my armor, and be vulnerable...

but it's all good because that's how it should be...time is not your friend this time around...every second now counts, every second so precious you need to make the most out of every one of them...

Every second should be spent with gratitude...every second with your precious friend should count as a blessing...the good part is that you met each other and you experienced each other's light no matter how brief a time...{I know you're reading this right now, you know who you are...everything happens for a reason sweetie, and that is not a cop out...it is the truth...I may not know much, but I do believe in this...so please...do cry...do grieve...but never forget to be grateful for the little things and for the gift of knowing your friend...}

Caring is valuable...these days not a lot of people show they care...because they're afraid...they fear the thought of being vulnerable...they fear the thought of seeming weak...but that's just it...in showing your vulnerabilities, in showing little acts of kindness, in showing that you care...you actually use an enormous amount of strength to pull it off...this kind of bravery goes beyond what people see... and what other people say shouldn't matter because this is your cause...to care.

Someone sent me a "Care Package" on the day I needed it most (he knows who he is too)... like I keep saying, kindness always does it for me...there is nothing like it... to this day it makes me smile...it's not the package but the care and thought that was put into it that mattered most to me...and the timing...impeccable...

So, if you can send someone a "care package" today...a smile...a nice email...a kind word...a hug...whatever you can spare at one particular moment...one particular second...do so...it won't take so much out of you...but it can mean the world to that person you give it to...

And whatever happens, whatever and no matter how many bumps you may stumble on...it is still pretty good...Life, that is...it is, always has and always will be...

only if you believe...and see it for what it really is...

and make peace with whatever it has to offer.

Life is good.

You just have to handle it with care.
=)