Before It's Too Late...
Judy Ramsook
July 07, 2006
No one is the ultimate expert on death. Medical professionals are here to help prolong lives as long as they can, for even though we know death will eventually take each and every one of us some day, no one is absolutely certain when that some day will come. For some day is just that. It has or gives no specific time.
Death will occur, whether one is one minute old or one hundred years old and as we go about our daily lives, what happens when one has had a family squabble with some one who has never been seriously ill. Do you go along harbouring grudges against such an individual thinking he or she might be doing the same to you? Or does the peace maker in you emerge and say, life is too short, you better patch things up with that person before something unexpected happens to either one of you?
So say something unexpected and fatal does occur to that person for whom one was holding a grudge or two and it is way too late to apologize or utter a couple of kind words to that individual. What happens now?
Do you, the person who is now sorry for all the harsh and heated exchange of words that took place during that squabble, feel more sad at this person’s passing, or worse yet, do you feel that it was your harsh words that indirectly brought this person to his or her unexpected end?
Because no matter what, words do have an effect on people. You pay some one a compliment, for example, and it brightens up his or her day.
Then you say something degrading or insulting to some one and the person on the receiving end of these words could move on with his day and forget such things were said to him or her, or he or she could become upset at being so insulted or humiliated and never forget what was said.
As a result, his or her entire mood could endure a great change. He or she could start harbouring way too many negative thoughts about him or herself, no matter how healthy he or she is.
The next thing that happens as a result of all this, is totally unexpected and shocking. Say this person has suffered a sudden heart attack or automobile collision with devastating results.
Do you now say to yourself, that you should have apologized to that person for the harsh thing you said to him or her?
Maybe one should. For in all reality, while life may sometimes seem long, it truly isn’t. Anything can occur to anyone at anytime. Don’t wait until it’s too late to utter some kind words to some one you may have exchanged harsh words with over some trivial matter.
Do it now while both of you are still alive, and who knows, by saying a few courteous words to some one just might extend his or her life, you never know, because words do have an effect on all of us.
Some people are sophisticated enough not to let those words bother them, and others who are more sensitive might tend to allow such things to worry them a bit too much. Be nice today so you can save some one and yourself a lot of hurt and pain tomorrow.
Death will occur, whether one is one minute old or one hundred years old and as we go about our daily lives, what happens when one has had a family squabble with some one who has never been seriously ill. Do you go along harbouring grudges against such an individual thinking he or she might be doing the same to you? Or does the peace maker in you emerge and say, life is too short, you better patch things up with that person before something unexpected happens to either one of you?
So say something unexpected and fatal does occur to that person for whom one was holding a grudge or two and it is way too late to apologize or utter a couple of kind words to that individual. What happens now?
Do you, the person who is now sorry for all the harsh and heated exchange of words that took place during that squabble, feel more sad at this person’s passing, or worse yet, do you feel that it was your harsh words that indirectly brought this person to his or her unexpected end?
Because no matter what, words do have an effect on people. You pay some one a compliment, for example, and it brightens up his or her day.
Then you say something degrading or insulting to some one and the person on the receiving end of these words could move on with his day and forget such things were said to him or her, or he or she could become upset at being so insulted or humiliated and never forget what was said.
As a result, his or her entire mood could endure a great change. He or she could start harbouring way too many negative thoughts about him or herself, no matter how healthy he or she is.
The next thing that happens as a result of all this, is totally unexpected and shocking. Say this person has suffered a sudden heart attack or automobile collision with devastating results.
Do you now say to yourself, that you should have apologized to that person for the harsh thing you said to him or her?
Maybe one should. For in all reality, while life may sometimes seem long, it truly isn’t. Anything can occur to anyone at anytime. Don’t wait until it’s too late to utter some kind words to some one you may have exchanged harsh words with over some trivial matter.
Do it now while both of you are still alive, and who knows, by saying a few courteous words to some one just might extend his or her life, you never know, because words do have an effect on all of us.
Some people are sophisticated enough not to let those words bother them, and others who are more sensitive might tend to allow such things to worry them a bit too much. Be nice today so you can save some one and yourself a lot of hurt and pain tomorrow.
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