In Anticipation of the Great Day
Over the last year, we were informed that the world would end on December 21, 2012, due to the Mayan calendar ending on that day. Well, nothing traumatic happened to the world at large so the Mayan calendar had no mystical meaning and served no other purpose than to make some people rich from selling books about the end of the world and expounding on Mayan history. So I suppose this exercise did serve the purpose of bringing people together (at least those that bought into this idea) who were preparing not to be here this morning.
Throughout the ages and several times in my lifetime, someone or some group has come out to say the world is going to end on such and such a day. Oh, they always have a good explanation on why this particular day is going to be the end of everything as we know it but alas the disaster and calamity never occur. But what if the world had ended yesterday? What would be different? How would we prepare for such an event? Most of us would be praying maybe calling our loved ones to tell them goodbye or gathering their family together to go out together as a family. In reality, none of us know when our world is going to end meaning our life. No one has the promise of being alive long enough to read the end of this sentence. So why do we get so comfortable day in and day out? Is there anyone that hasn’t lost a loved one very unexpectedly? Last year alone I lost a cousin to a motorcycle accident and a week and a half later my uncle, his father passed away without warning. However, most of us just go on fully expecting to sleep in our beds tonight without any tangible reason to believe that is guaranteed to happen.
Most days are filled with mundane tasks and extremely predictable which I believe is why most of us don’t really see every day as a gift. Sometimes a change will occur that will turn your life upside down, the loss of a close relative, being laid off from a job we have had for a decade or more or a divorce that was not expected. Perhaps it is time for us to not be so comfortable with ourselves and start enjoying each day as if it were our last. How much more would we accomplish if we didn’t believe we had plenty of time. How much more involved would we be in others lives if we thought this might be the last time we were able to see them alive? I challenge all people to live each day as if it might be yours or any one of the people in your life’s last day on earth. So much of our progress in anything we do has to do with attitude. So let's make sure we don’t waste any more time because we will all have to pass from this life one day we just don’t know when that day may be.
Throughout the ages and several times in my lifetime, someone or some group has come out to say the world is going to end on such and such a day. Oh, they always have a good explanation on why this particular day is going to be the end of everything as we know it but alas the disaster and calamity never occur. But what if the world had ended yesterday? What would be different? How would we prepare for such an event? Most of us would be praying maybe calling our loved ones to tell them goodbye or gathering their family together to go out together as a family. In reality, none of us know when our world is going to end meaning our life. No one has the promise of being alive long enough to read the end of this sentence. So why do we get so comfortable day in and day out? Is there anyone that hasn’t lost a loved one very unexpectedly? Last year alone I lost a cousin to a motorcycle accident and a week and a half later my uncle, his father passed away without warning. However, most of us just go on fully expecting to sleep in our beds tonight without any tangible reason to believe that is guaranteed to happen.
Most days are filled with mundane tasks and extremely predictable which I believe is why most of us don’t really see every day as a gift. Sometimes a change will occur that will turn your life upside down, the loss of a close relative, being laid off from a job we have had for a decade or more or a divorce that was not expected. Perhaps it is time for us to not be so comfortable with ourselves and start enjoying each day as if it were our last. How much more would we accomplish if we didn’t believe we had plenty of time. How much more involved would we be in others lives if we thought this might be the last time we were able to see them alive? I challenge all people to live each day as if it might be yours or any one of the people in your life’s last day on earth. So much of our progress in anything we do has to do with attitude. So let's make sure we don’t waste any more time because we will all have to pass from this life one day we just don’t know when that day may be.
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