Insight

Trying to figure out life is not one of my greatest accomplishments. If anyone has tried to figure it out, I am sure that they have come up with the same results as I have. Life is as unpredictable as the nightly lottery. You play your lucky numbers on a gut feeling, that this is the time. "After 7 P.M., I will have no other worries." When the first ball appears, you automatically know that this is not the time. There are even those times when you have four out of the seven numbers, but not the big jack pot.
I have alway had the mentality that life was this way. That there was an end all, be all of answers for each of us to follow. That once we "hit" that lottery that all things would be easy for us. That of course, is not the case.
For each of us, there are times in our lives that try our soul, and our stamina. There are times in our lives that we feel we could conquer all. It is these ups and downs that make us who we are.
So, in an announcement to all, I have stopped trying to figure out life. I am finished, and done with the figuring. Stopped trying to think about what tomorrow will bring. Stopped trying to understand people, and what they do to each other. I am done.
If all one thinks about is what might happen, you are missing what is happening. You are missing that time with your family. You are missing the touch of your loved one. You are missing the smile on the children that surround you. You are missing the sunlight of the day, and the painted canvas of the night. You are missing the sweet sound of music, and the power of laughter.
In short, live in the now. Live in the moment. Be in the now. Tomorrow will come like it or not, and if it happens to not, will others be able to say what you have lived for? Will you be remembered for hope or hopelessness. For love, or a vacant heart. For thoughtfulness, or thoughtlessness.
Life is too short. Choose to make the best of each day, whatever it may bring.