The Dash

THE DASH

IN MEMORY OF SWEET "J"

JENNIFER L. RECORD



I READ OF A GIRL WHO STOOD TO SPEEK AT THE FUNERAL OF HER FRIEND.SHE REFERRED TO THE DATES ON HER TOMBSTONE FROM THE BEGINNING... TO THE END. SHE NOTED THE FIRST DATE WAS THE ONE OF HER BIRTH, & SHE SPOKE OF THE SECOND WITH TEARS. BUT WHAT SHE SAID MATTERED THE MOST OF ALL WAS "THE DASH" BETWEEN THOSE YEARS.

FOR "THE DASH" REPRESENTS ALL THE TIME THAT SHE SPENT ALIVE ON EARTH. AND NOW ONLY THOSE WHO LOVED HER KNOW WHAT THAT LITTLE LINE IS WORTH. FOR IT MATTERS NOT HOW MUCH WE OWN ... THE CARS, THE HOUSE, THE CASH. WHAT MATTERS IS... HOW WE LIVE & LOVE AND HOW WE SPEND "OUR DASH".

SO THINK LONG & HARD... ARE THERE THINGS YOU'D LIKE TO CHANGE???

FOR YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH TIME IS LEFT. YOU COULD BE IN "THE DASH" END RANGE!

IF WE COULD SLOW DOWN ENOUGH TO CONSIDER WHAT'S TRUE & WHAT'S REAL, & ALWAYS TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE WAY THAT OTHER PEOPLE FEEL & BE LESS QUICK TO ANGER & SHOW APPRECIATION MORE, & LOVE THE PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES, LIKE WE'VE NEVER LOVED BEFOR.

IF WE TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT , & MORE OFTEN WEAR A SMILE. -REMEMBER THAT THIS SPECIAL "DASH" MIGHT ONLY LAST A LITTLE WHILE.

SO WHEN AT LAST THE TIME HAS COME FOR YOUR LIFE'S ACTIONS TO REHASH,

WILL YOU BE PLEASED WITH THE THINGS THEY SAY ABOUT THE WAY YOU SPENT

-"YOUR DASH"?

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