In The Blink of an Eye
In the blink of an eye another day is gone,
In the blink of an eye another week is gone.
In the blink of an eye another month is gone,
In the blink of an eye another year is gone.
And in the blink of an eye I’ll be gone too,
And not just me but also you.
So maybe we should be wishin’ and hopin’,
That we could just keep our eyes open.
And see and appreciate all that we can see,
And learn how we can be, the best that we can be,
Before it’s too late,
Time flies, so let’s not wait.
Whether we have just one life or many, one thing is true,
We should try to enjoy every moment we can; it’s the wisest thing to do.
Author Unknown
Your Impact
“Last night I bought a sunflower to put on the windshield of someone I’m smitten with.
After some consideration, I decided not to since we had only been on one date, the night previous. Don’t want to come off too strong, right?
Anyway, I grabbed the flower on my way out this morning with the intention to give it to someone on my way to work so it didn’t die alone.
What happened next has left me changed in ways I don’t even have words for yet.
While I was sitting and drinking my morning joe at the coffee shop (which I typically take to go), I saw a woman reading something with tears quietly and quickly sliding down her pale face.
It was like there was a magnet in the sunflower that was being drawn to her, because I knew in that moment she was who I was going to give the sunflower to; she was who I had to give it to.
When I got to her table I said, ‘Hey, pardon me. I have this sunflower that I was hoping to give to someone special and that someone I had in mind didn’t work out, but I can feel that you’re special too, so I want you to have it.’
Before I could even hand her the sunflower, this complete stranger flew into my arms with tears flowing, and gratitude spewing, as if I was someone she once loved, and lost.
It’s what she said next that I’m still trying to grip.
She was crying because her fiancé had died the week before, just months before they were going to get married.
On their first date, he brought her a sunflower and from then on, got her sunflowers, never roses, because she was the light of his life.
Today, through me, he was able to show her that she’ll always be the light of his life and how we as humans have a message to carry that goes far beyond words.
I’m shaken, awakened, and feeling raw.
You never know how much a simple gesture of giving someone a $5 flower will change their life, as well as yours. Life is about giving and being of service to others.
I challenge you all to find a way to make someone else’s life just a little bit brighter today and be of service. You never know the impact you could have.” – post by Summer Nostalgia
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