A man stood to speak at the funeral of a friend. He referred to the dates on her tombstone, from beginning to the end. He noted that first, came the date of birth and the second, was the date of demise. He spoke of the latter with tears. But he said what mattered most was the "dash" between those years: 1946-2006.
It made me think. Have I been living my life well? Am I doing enough? It will make you think of what is truly important. Not your riches or your material possessions but how you lived your life.
When it is time for us to meet our Creator, when family and friends go to our wake, what will they say about our "dash"? How did we spend that little line? Did that little line left a mark to the people you have encountered?
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