The song for today was inspired from a sunny weekend afternoon cruising carefree and happy in the spring breeze, but since I first heard this song just a few days ago, it’s taken on a whole different connotation for me.
I stumbled across this blog from my dear cousin and friend Lilia. Her friend Katya, faced with terminal cancer and only 25, decided to start a blog to document her final experiences with life, determined not to waste her cancer.
http://katyaandco.blogspot.com/
Here’s a snippet from this hilariously clever young woman with such resilience and strength of will that you feel like just knowing this person would make you a better person.
“That being said, I’m not a robot. I do get sad and upset when I think about leaving my family behind. I’ve had so many amazing memories, and I wish I’d made better use of my time to have created more of those. I guess that’s what I really want to get across. Live each day like it’s your last. It sounds so cliche, but when you really think about it, it changes your perspective on absolutely everything. And truth be told, none of us know when it’s our time to go. Even in my case, I find myself taking things for granted because it’s not like I’m dying tomorrow, right? I’ve got at least a few more days… Wrong. I want to live each day to it’s fullest potential. I want to embrace the highs and the lows. I want to love like I’ve never loved. I want to live so that I’m missed.”
My lovely sister has recently written a brilliant post on the topic as well, in consideration of a friend’s death. Its funny how the first thing we do when faced with the difficulties of others, is reflect upon ourselves, all the while we attempt at humility and selflessness. Such creatures we are and such sin has made us.
With death all around. I can’t wait for the day when love reigns, as the song goes in French……..(it sounds better in French):
“There is a sense of urgency,
Compassion is non-existent
There is enormous wealth
That awaits every woman, man
Forget about all prejudices,
Give us a chance to love
It should not hurt
With the things that you can not change
But one day, that love reigns and money loses its value….”
…..because love has already won.
so go and share that love. i for one stand before God broken and empty asking him to fill me with His love. with the strength and power to care for people my flesh doesn’t care about. that’s how the lost get found….
