Ted Kennedy has some advice for us today; Forever Now!
By now, you may know that Senator Kennedy has been diagonsed with brain cancer. My prayers go out to him and his family as he will certainly face a tremendous challenge battling the disease. The cold reality of Senator Kennedy's situation reminded me of the fact that we're all terminal. He, however, has the advantage/disadvantage of knowing.
People who don't know (maybe you and I) can easily put the thought out of our minds. We figure that our end is an eternity away. That is a very dangerous mind-set! It's not just dangerous because one-out-of-one person dies, but because it produces the following:
- A delay in saying the "I Love Yous."
- Settling for the average.
- Substituting the intangibles with the tangibles.
- Finding self-worth in the minds of other people.
- A disinterest in Destiny.
So if you're in a career or a life designed by the "you need to/ought to" group, get out now! Senator Kennedy would advise you to live "forever now."
I’d have given your writings more credibility had you not demonstrated empathy and prayers toward a man who murdered a young woman 39 years ago. Read the investigations on that and decide for yourself. But please don’t make it a political statement. It’s a moral one.