Don't know about you but have you found yourself trying to "hang on" to those you love in ways that you never gave second thought to in earlier years? I say "hanging on" in a way that actually is a positive. Maybe the older we get brings a wiser and more compassionate heart that prompts us to take actions we might have overlooked in years past.
Maybe it is a deepening of our spiritual life that encourages us to go out of ourselves by making a phone call to someone who had surgery, sending a "thinking of you" card for encouragement or attending a funeral for support. Even staying for the luncheon is more than just a meal; it really is a show of support to family and friends as to what the deceased meant to us.
Yes, time flies faster and faster and with it go friends and relationships of those we love. What better way to do what we can about it than to let those friends know how much they mean to us, as well as their families. As the saying goes, "time flies but we are the pilot."
