I attended a funeral mass.....
For my last surviving Uncle....
My Mom's last sibling....
The church read from the passage in Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3....
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
What profit hath he that worketh in that in which he laboreth?
I have seen the labor, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it.
He hath made every thing beautiful in its time: also he hath set the world in their heart,
so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - 11
With the New Year approaching.....
I started thinking about TIME....
NONE of us know when our time will be up.....
WHAT would YOU do differently if you KNEW your LAST DAY????
THEN.........
The priest mentioned something.....
"On YOUR tombstone will be "dates"......
Your birthday, a time to be born.....
The DAY you died, and a time to die.....
"But what people will remember YOU for is the DASH in between!!!"
OMG....that IS POWERFUL!!!!
Nobody will remember your birth.....
UNLESS, your parents are still alive......
And if they are.....how much do they remember?????
The only people that will remember the day you died....
Will be the FEW loved ones gathered around your bedside!!
And ALL that they will remember is.....
That he went "peacefully" after we sang "Amazing Grace" as a family!!!
HOW DID YOU LIVE YOUR DASH???????
Nobody EVER says on their death bed......
I wish I spent more time at the office.....
I wish I went on more business trips.....
I wish I spent more time away from MY Family doing "my own thing".....
I wish I did more for "Me, Myself, and I"......
If they do.....
It is VERY LONELY at their bedside!!!!
Only YOU know what has happened in your DASH......
Only YOU can change the course of your DASH.....
I can offer some help......
Or ideas to change YOURS.....
As long as YOU help ME with MINE, as well......
I am NOT here to pitch YOU into a deal........
I am here to ASK YOU to reflect.....
On your LIFE as you "close out" this decade......
CHANGE what YOU can change.....
LOVE those that YOU need to love MORE......
TEACH those that need YOUR guidance.....
GROW where YOU need to grow......
TOUCH those that need to KNOW YOU......
GIVE to those that don't have what YOU have.....
MAKE YOUR DASH.......
A DASH that THOUSANDS of PEOPLE know about!!!
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
I AM.......JASON NAGEL
Call or text: 585-202-3333 (anytime)
Email: Jason@JasonNagel.com
My Blog:The Man Giant
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