The Best of Me

Having recently read this novel, I am inspired
to consider its application to our hopes and prayers

for the year 2020.

“Jarod, due to a vehicle accident, was in hospital ~ awaiting a necessary 'heart transplaant' ~ who asked his mother, Am I going to have a normal life? Confusion and apprehension played across his youthful features. He understood that his future had been irrevocably altered. The doctors told me that the average transplant lasts 15 to 20 years years, then I'll probably need another heart.

Replying, his mother wisely said, there are so many things you still haven't experiencd:

like graduating from college,
the thrill of buying a home,
the excitement of having that perfect job
or meeting the girl of your dreams and falling iin love.

Jared didn't show any signs of having heard her, but she could tell by his alert stillness that he was listening. You will still be able to do all these things...you'll make mistakes and struggle like everyone...but when you're with the right person, you'll feel almost perfect joy and feel like

 the luckiest person who ever lived. Patting his arm, she continued, In the end, a heart-transplant has nothing to do with any of these things...because, you're still alive! And that means you will love...and be loved...and nothing else really matters. And, Jarod lay there without moving.

Tentatively he asked, “You really believe everything you just said?”

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Best Advice for the Incoming 2020 Year

“Write it in your heart, that every day is the best day
 in the year.” (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

“Life's not about expecting, hoping and wishing ~

 it's about Doing, Being and Becoming. (Unknown)

  “ I like dreams of the future,

better than history of the past (Unknown author).

Some things go in one ear and out the other, but when you learn

 just the right message...at the right moment...and from the right person, 

it impacts you.

Ray Goforth states, “There are two types of people

who will tell you, that you cannot make a difference in this world:

those who are afraid to try

and those who are afraid you will succeed.”

From observation, Henry Ford said, “ Whether you think you CAN

or think you CAN'T ~ you're right!

Wit from Albert Einstein:

Creativity is Intelligence having fun.

Unable to improve upon the foregoing thoughts of wisdom,
I wish everyone ~ Happy New Year ~ and

 May all your Dreams Come True!

Composed by Merle Baird-Kerr...December 26, 2019

As always, comments most welcome: mbairdkerr@cogeco.ca