One more chance you think.  “If only I had the chance to tell my loved one what I really think about her.   But now it’s too late.”  Sometimes we take things for granted in this lifetime, as well as taking other people for granted as well.  We feel like we all will live this lifetime forever.

All we can tell you is do not leave your words and feelings unspoken.  Let your close friends and family know how you feel about your relationship, so that there are no “loose ends.”  Life is not without change, and the change can sometimes seem difficult, but it is exactly the way things need to go.

We are not saying to dwell on the negative aspect of “death” in our lives.  No, we are saying to appreciate the “life” in our lives.  Celebrating “life” is showing gratitude and appreciation for all living things.  This includes people you have never met that may live half-way around the world.  This includes an appreciation for the beggar on the street and your “enemies” in a different political camp.

This includes appreciating those that darn different clothes, speak a different language, believe in a different “god,” and practice a different religion.  This includes an appreciation for the tree that grows outside of your window, and drops all of its leaves each year for you to rake.   This includes an appreciation for the ant and spider that live in your home.

An appreciation of “life” is just that – an appreciation of all living things.  An acceptance of all living things.   You do not get to “pick and choose.”  No, when you appreciate life – you get the entire package.

When you begin to see and appreciate life, you begin to open your eyes to the world around you and beyond you.  You begin to “see” into other people’s eyes and understand who they are.  You begin to “look past” the skin, body shape, personality, and clothing of one another.   You begin to “connect on a spiritual level” existing in the non-physical plane.

Life is about love and connections with others.  When we appreciate “our life” we can not help but appreciate “all life” as well.  Appreciation is associated with gratitude and love.  Whereas, “tolerance” is associated with ego and the need to be right.

When we are “tolerant” of the world around us, we are implying that the “world around us” is incorrect for it does not behave the way that is “should.”  We are deciding “how” the world around us should behave and effectively “forgiving” that world for behaving incorrectly.  We often do this with the people who are closest to us in our life.

We would like people to behave in a manner that we feel is correct, for we are the ones who “know best.”  We are saying, “young grasshopper, you have much to learn, so I will tell you, (not teach you) what you need to be doing.”

If you find yourself behaving in these ways, you might want to look inside and decide if this is really what you want.  Do you think that a new-born baby is born into this world with absolutely nothing to teach you?  If so, you may need to open up and look around with an open heart and mind to see that each and every living thing in this world can and does teach you something, if you are willing to listen and to learn from them.

Life is not about “being right” or being an authority on every subject.  That is the ego living your life.   Life is about being gracious, having humility, and knowing that everyone is in our life to teach us something that we need to learn.

When a loved one passes into the other plane transferring their spirit from the physical back to the non-physical world, we often feel guilt for the words that we wished we would have spoken.  We often feel regret for the actions that we wished we would have performed.  We often feel remorse for the arguments that have transpired.

Look around, today, you have people still living in this lifetime along with you, that are here for you to live without regret.  Tell her how much she means to you.  Tell him, how much you appreciate what he does in the world.  Tell the child how much you are learning from her.  Act as though, this is the last time the two of you will be sitting on the “bench” in this lifetime.

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Think of a park bench overlooking a beautiful scene.  It might be a mountain, a beach, or trees in your back yard.  Who is on the bench with you at this moment in your life?  Enjoy the view together and tell them everything – for someday, you may be sitting alone.

Written Mon Feb 3, 2014, 7:47 – 8:04 AM MT