Your reminder to "Take the Trip."

We had this quote in Adam’s funeral program. 

Some Days Never Come

“Someday, I can take her on the cruise.”

“Someday, I will have time to call and chat.”

“Someday, the children will understand why I was so busy.”

But you know the truth, don’t you? You know even before I write it. You could say it better than I.

Some days never come.

And the price of practicality is sometimes higher than extravagance.

But the rewards of risky love are always greater than its cost.

Go to the effort. Invest the time. Write the letter. Make the apology. Take the trip. Purchase the gift. Do it. The seized opportunity renders joy.

The neglected brings regret.

 From “And the Angels Were Silent” by Max Lucado. 

I have a number of funeral programs hanging in my room.

I hate that they continue to collect.

That the number of people I love who leave too soon continues to grow.

But I mark them now.

I give them a spot where I see them and remember that we don’t get all the time we want.

I’m better because of it.

If they were stashed away in a drawer or box, I would not have the painful stab I get when passing them. Seeing their faces. Reading their quotes.

When your life gets boiled down to a folded funeral program, what do you hope it contains?

I hope it is full of seized opportunities.

I took another epic trip and it brought joy and gratitude and I’ll be sharing more of it here.

Switzerland and Croatia.

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