Wrestling with some ‘stuff’ but still getting around.

Last couple of days have been pretty, sunlit mountains and hills; clear light blue skies; air crisp and clean; but, along with that 3* this morning with a promise of not getting out of the teens today and another cold night tonight.

Roads, for the most part, are cleared, however where they are not we have snow, covered by ice, covered by snow, covered by – you get the picture.  That kind of ice lingers on for a long time and makes driving and even walking difficult.

When it comes to snow, I really do miss Central Oregon, driving, playing and working in it was nowhere near as hazardous as the Gorge area.  It is a much dryer snow and the humidity is not as high as this area and the wind doesn’t blow there, like it does here.  However, this year it doesn’t seem to matter.

Roads are being closed that rarely are close, due to the ensuing weather they are closed, and not just for a couple hours, but for several hours and even days for literally hundreds of miles.

To me it is interesting that people don’t prepare for such conditions.  They don’t stock up with extra food, when they travel they don’t have blankets or food items to hold them in case they get stuck either in traffic or in an accident.  They drive in bad conditions with gas tanks that have just enough fuel to get them to their destination, but don’t plan on long delays or detours.

It doesn’t take a lot to protect ourselves in these situations; we need to take those precautions.

Trust all that are reading this are comfortable, and able to get through the weather – until tomorrow.......

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Psalm 90:12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

There is always tomorrow.  We live our life that way, not really thinking about it, but that is how we make a lot of decisions

Sometimes that is all we can do – our day is filled, we have things that keep coming if for us to do, and we can’t possibly get them all done in a day – so tomorrow will have to be sufficient.

Tomorrow is a day that may not come, and doesn’t come for tens of thousands of people each day.

Many know that they may not be there tomorrow, they are elderly at the brink of death, they have an illness that is terminal and has almost run its course, the accident victim who is so badly injured he won’t make it through the night.

These people realize that what is important is what is happening right now.

But many of us put things off, they are not all that important to us, so we don’t act on them; we really do have to prioritize and this job must wait until later; what must be done is distasteful and we don’t want to face it; and many other reasons that we choose to delay our actions, and it may not be a good idea.

We may not have tomorrow.

It is important to let those you love, know you love them.  I send a text out to my family members every day telling them that I do love, miss and pray for them.

Yes, that could be just a rut I am in – or calling is more personal, and that is true, to a degree.  But these people are important to me, and hopefully when they receive that post they know that I am thinking about them and truly do miss them.

We could name a lot of things that need to be done, today, but get put off until tomorrow, or later.

I have investigated and been around many accidents where the person is alive one moment, and literally dead the next.  In the blink of an eye they went from people who thought they had tomorrow, indeed thought they had the rest of the day, to death.

The question this is often asked, sometimes seriously sometimes not so much, is:  “If you knew you only had 24 hours to live, what would you do?”  A lot of times it is followed by a list, other times just left for the reader to fill in.

But it is a serious question, what WOULD you do if you knew that you only had 24 hours to live?

If we have any answer but, do what I normally do on that day of my life, then you really need to ask why haven’t we done that yet?

If it is important, do it.  If it isn’t feasible for financial or health or other legitimate reasons, then let it go.

But don’t wait until the last moment, because it might be the last.

So, what’s on your to do list that needs to be done; today?

Later, Art (-: