Day 26 ~ Urgent

Two and a half years ago I attended a three-day self development course. One of the most important things I got from the training was to act now. As a Spanish proverb has it, "Don't leave for tomorrow what you can do today." The instructor told us her story of years not getting along with her mom, and not really feeling part of her family of origin. Through personal transformation, she had recently been able to come closer to a lot of people, including her mom. Soon after her mom's final days arrived and she expressed to us the privilege it was for her to part ways with her holding her hand. "Life is urgent," she said. I translate her phrase as a maxim encouraging us to set our priorities right. If we don't do that, we'll end up living a life that doesn't correspond to what we really want. Her reconciliation example meant to illustrate the fact that we only have a limited window of opportunity to take action. Like with food items, there's often an expiration date, or at least a "best before."