Dash

[doright]

I was told something the other day and wanted to pass it along. When you go to a cemetery or read the obituaries, you will see when someone is born and when they died. It is usually displayed as ***x-***x. The xs are not important. People will forget when you were born and will forget when you died. What they won't forget is the dash. It represents your time here on Earth. What are you doing with your dash? Are you making your world a better place? Are you changing some ones life? What will people remember when they see your dash? Make your dash count for something,you only have one.

[Texas Grown]

AMEN!

The fish are biting and there's hogs to be kill-t. Gotta go!

[BTLowry]

Made me think of this

In between that dash on his gravestone, no one could have squeezed more out of life.
Blaine Evan Smith 4/19/95-4/7/10

Hard to believe it has been 13 years
Prayers up for the Smiths

[EastTexun]

There is a well known poem called the Dash, by Linda Ellis.

I read of a man who stood to speak
At the funeral of a friend
He referred to the dates on the tombstone
From the beginning...to the end

He noted that first came the date of birth
And spoke the following date with tears,
But he said what mattered most of all
Was the dash between those years

For that dash represents all the time
That they spent alive on earth.
And now only those who loved them
Know what that little line is worth

For it matters not, how much we own,
The cars...the house...the cash.
What matters is how we live and love
And how we spend our dash.

So, think about this long and hard.
Are there things you'd like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
That can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough
To consider what's true and real
And always try to understand
The way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger
And show appreciation more
And love the people in our lives
Like we've never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect
And more often wear a smile,
Remembering this special dash
Might only last a little while

So, when your eulogy is being read
With your life's actions to rehash...
Would you be proud of the things they say
About how you spent YOUR dash?

[Lynn21]

Wow for that poem…..

[AntlerCollector]

Great poem

[Dusty Britches]

Made me think of this

In between that dash on his gravestone, no one could have squeezed more out of life.
Blaine Evan Smith 4/19/95-4/7/10

Hard to believe it has been 13 years
Prayers up for the Smiths

I think about Blaine every time I hear about the dash. I hope I can pack as much into my dash as Blaine did.