Sheila and I took Amber and her kids out to eat last night.
As we laughed, talked, colored and ate, I spent some time trying to figure out how to configure new settings on my camera. Actually, I spent way too much time trying to discover new ways to use my camera.
Then it struck me ...
“Someday I’ll share my last dinner with my family. That day may be distant; it may be near, but that day is coming and since I have no idea when, I think I’ll live as if this dinner with my loved ones is my last.”
That moment of clarity changed the evening for me ... and for everyone else too.
I stopped analyzing potential camera configurations. I stopped wondering about the collection of interesting possibilities buried deep in my camera’s Menu Options. I snapped a few pictures and jumped into the banter. We had a wonderful time together.
When we got home I thought, “I’m glad we had dinner. Our time together was wonderful. That mealtime covered it all: laughter, tears, kindness, encouragement, correction and love, lots and lots of love. If I die before I wake I don’t think any of them will regret how we spent this evening together … and neither will I.”
We have no idea when life will end. Live each day as if it’s your last … because it may be.
Enjoy your dinner this evening.
Philippians 2:4 - Do not be interested only in your own life, but be interested in the lives of others.
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