Random Thoughts.......Take One!!

I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago. And people that will see a world that I shall never know. But all the while I sit and think of times there were before. I listen for returning feet and voices at the door. J.R.R. Tolkien

Via thedissilent98.blogspot.com

....tic toc tic toc TIME!

...now and then, begin and end, young and old, past and future, birth announcement and epitaph, 1973-2025, - - - - -, tic and toc..TIME!

a classmate, sister, mother, daughter...dead...cancer

a beloved brother, aunt, in-law, uncle....perished...of suicide

a dear friend's lovely wife....dies....unexpectedly....causes unknown

a nephew, son, father..."out of the closet" then locked in a coffin... AIDs

an enemy, foe, nemesis, competitor....deceased...a brain tumor

a co-worker delivered a dreaded diagnosis....diabetes

is this a joke...or, am I having a stroke? Wait!!!

But, tic toc tic toc TIME....waits for no one.

Three Hebrew boys in the fiery furnace, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego....or, was it Shadrach, Meshach and "a bad negro?"....like Christopher Dorner....dead in a "fiery furnace" on Bear Mountain.

Chris Kyle liberally dealt the "death card" abroad while honorably serving America...then drew that same card himself "at home on the range," the deed done by his dishonored disciple..."the boomerang effect."

Hadiya and Janay....our sweet, our dear, our young Desdemonas... tragically murdered....at the hands of our heated, perhaps heartless, young Othellos with unfettered access to weapons of certain death.

Wayward sons and waylaid sons...on death row...awaiting...lethal injection....while serving....TIME!

...tic toc tic toc TIME.....is not neutral

A child was born....in a home...in a city...in a state...in America...in the nick of...TIME!

So

If you're an activist...act...with courage

If you're a leader...lead...with empathy

If you're a visionary...envision...with clarity

a preacher...preach...with insight

a parent...parent...with love

a teacher..teach...with wisdom

a lover...love...with passion

a healer...heal...with compassion

a singer...sing...with the angels

a speaker...speak...with the gods

Time is not a sufficient element to ensure a brighter future, but it is a necessary element. William Penn once said, "Time is what we want most, but use worst."

We all have Time...Seize it and Use it Wisely. Because...

...a child was born and inherently knows what Gibran said long ago, "yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream." TIME is...

NOW!!!!

...sing, Layla