I remember when I was young, I thought I had the world by the tail, and that I would live forever. I started smoking at the age of 14. No one could tell me anything about health risk, because just like most young people, I was too stubborn, and naïve to listen. Because of my ignorance and foolishness I now have trouble breathing. I expect soon to be on oxygen. And I can blame no one but myself. I say to you people, young and old, if you're smoking please, please quit today. Please don't end up as many of us of my generation have. Be wise enough to stop now, so when you get my age, you can breathe.
Wisdom is not wasted on the young, because most young people don't have much wisdom at all. Wisdom comes from living and learning. A day by day process that cannot be hurried or rushed. Wisdom is not intelligence. Wisdom is intelligence used wisely. Just as book smart doesn't have anything to do with common sense.
I have learned so much in my life. I have learned that life is precious. Each minute of every day is a precious thing.
There are those young and old who risked their lives needlessly every day. Doing stupid things, daring anything to happen. It's almost as if they're flirting with death.
I think it takes going through an illness, and seeing others that you love, as they fight for their very lives, to really understand what living and what life is. It's at these times that we realize how we have wasted so much precious time doing nothing.
The old saying is, you never know what you have until you lose it. My friends, be wise enough to know how precious your life is.
As I write this, I think of so many people that are fighting for their very lives. My sister-in-law Janice Moore. A friend,Robert Scoggins. Another friend Leslie Jackson. There's many more that are fighting to live. Fighting cancer with every breath they take. There are some who have lost their fight. My sister-in-law Joyce Sanders loss her fight. She died just a few weeks ago.
No one is promised tomorrow, remember that as you go about your lives.
Learn to love each other with all your heart, and be there for each other.
Until next time, God bless and God save.