Some of us gage our worthiness by adventure or excitement or busyness or sheer activity. There are people who spend two weeks researching prices and customer satisfaction and performance data about a possible new car. But do those same people spend even a minute thinking about what their family or friends might say about their life when they are gone? Do they spend even a minute wondering if their neighbor needs encouragement, a listening ear or just spending a minute extending an unasked for kindness.
I did not know Kristen except in passing, but word has it that she was extraordinary. She KNEW 'life was a gift' and did not take it for granted. She knew love was a verb, living out kindness, compassion, generosity, and understanding,
So as I end this day I want to focus on intentional living. I want to look around and see what’s precious. Clear my head of all the little things that won’t matter down the line, when I'm looking back at all the times I cherished the most in life, and find a reason to make this moment one of them. I want to savor something, help someone with my given talents, to have 'enough' and share my 'enough' with others, and let myself truly enjoy the experience of doing it. A life well loved is a life well lived. Today reminded me to step out in love and to strive to make my life well spent.
“We must each lead a way of life with self-awareness and compassion, to do as much as we can. Then, whatever happens we will have no regrets.” ~Dalai Lama