Life Can Change In a Second !

A friend called with some challenging news and I found myself wishing that I could offer some quick reassurance. I wanted to say, "Remember, life can change in a second !" but although I knew I had experience of this I didn't really know if my friend would find this comment of any use.

There are 60 seconds in a minute. There are 60 minutes in an hour. So there are 3600 seconds in every hour! There are 24 hours in a day. So there are 86,400 seconds in every day! There are 7 days in a week. So there are 604,800 seconds in every week! There are 52 weeks in a year. So there are 31,449,600 seconds in every year ! (ok, except leap year!)

Imagine, so many seconds, so many moments when your life can completely change! Thinking of seconds helps bring one back into the present. The present moment is in this second. This second I am writing to you :) It is what I want to do.

"I Know What You Mean...."

I told a friend that I talk to my mother and she said, "Oh, you must be talking to yourself." And I responded with, " Well, you might have a hard time convincing millions of people around the world that thats what they are doing!". Then a few days later a client called me and said, "I felt like totally giving up, then my mom passed, and since then, my life has gotten better; she has really been helping me!" And I said, "I know what you mean...."

I just ordered a new book and as a free gift I received another one from the same very popular author. I had already 'read' it, so instead I downloaded it and 'listened' to it in my car. This time I heard the author say that she had finally gotten to know her father after he died. That it was then, that she heard him clearly say to her that now he could really see her. And I said to myself, "I know what you mean...."

I don't choose to engage with others in trying to prove myself 'right' or find myself 'wrong'. Not when I can simply wait to see if my own experiences either validate me or show me new and better ways to think. By the way, I have been learning to trust talking to my mom more and more and she just told me that I was very brave to have even come to this place with her and I said, "I know what you mean..."

J.