Thrive to 105

As I prepared to start writing this blog post, I stopped to read an article on Yahoo about the tsunami and one of its survivors.  Although the town of Shizugawa had prepared itself for future tsunamis with a four-foot breaker wall and a “refuge” situated high above the harbor, when this tsunami hit, neither of those defenses were enough.  It’s a reality check of sorts that makes me wonder if we can ever really be prepared for what life can present to us.  I know I wasn’t prepared on January 14, 2010, to get a diagnosis of breast cancer; but rather than let it knock me down, it made me more determined and awakened the fighter inside.

I think it’s important that we are constantly aware of that fact; because in that awareness should lie the motivation to live each day to the fullest, give it all we have, love with all our hearts, and then put our heads on our pillows at night able to look back on the day with satisfaction, joy, and gratitude.

Today is Wednesday, and according to my original “blog plan”, this is supposed to be Information Junkie Day.  Although having an Information Junkie Day seems rather trivial considering the mass destruction we’ve recently seen and the threats of a nuclear disaster on the horizon, there is something a tad comforting about continuing to live our lives as normally as possible.  Not that we aren’t concerned and aren’t filled with sympathy and empathy for those who are suffering, but if they have to put one foot in front of another to get through their day, it should be easy for us.  As we offer up prayers and perhaps donate money or whatever else we can do to aid those in Japan, we need to remember that today is all we’re guaranteed.  We need to think about how we want to feel when we put our heads on our pillows tonight.  I, for one, want to breathe a sigh of contentment, say a prayer of thanks for this day, for my life and how I’ve lived it.

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