I hope & trust this post finds you all having a great day as this beautiful new Friday dawns!
Oh my goodness! A 2nd round playoff game, an hour drive from home with a 30 minute rain delay thrown in makes for a very late night...and a very early Friday morning!!! Blurry Friday anyone!?!? :)
About 6 weeks ago I wrote Happy Friday about our precious friends, Bobby & Crystal. Crystal had passed away suddenly at the age of 32. Over these past 6 weeks Bobby & I have texted regularly, sharing scriptures, quotes, thoughts, love & encouragement. A few weeks ago I took a business trip to Arizona and got to spend some time with Bobby. A few days before my trip I really had this conviction in my Spirit...give Bobby the platform to share whatever is on his heart through Happy Friday. I prayed about it, spoke with my Beautiful Bride about it & asked her to pray as well and finally, I asked Bobby if he would be interested in doing so when I saw him. An awesome smile crossed his face when I asked him. We agreed he would think about it, pray about it & then let me know. He got back to me a few days later saying he wanted to write a Happy Friday. I told him to pick the Friday, email me the message & I would simply copy & paste it as the Happy Friday. This morning my Friends is that Friday. Below is Bobby's completely unedited Happy Friday.
Shine Bright Crystal! Your great Tender Warrior is doing good! He wrote a great message and I know you are proud of him! :)
Please don't hesitate to contact me if there is every anything I can do for you or your precious families. I will always help you any way I can. You can reach me at kevin@whatwillyourinfluencebe.com.
Have a great day, a wonderful weekend & please cherish your precious families.
Kevin
What are we waiting for? We always read, hear, or say the
phrase, “live everyday like it’s your last”. But is this something that we
actually do? It is more real to me now more than ever that tomorrow is not
promised. For those of you who may not know, my wife of 11 years, Crystal,
unexpectedly passed away almost 6 weeks ago. There was no doubt in my mind that
she was going to be here “tomorrow”. When something like that happens, you
start looking deep inside your soul. Think things you may have never thought.
Ask questions in your head and to God that have never crossed your mind before.
It’s a very interesting situation, one that’s hard to explain, one that –
unless you’ve experienced it – you have no idea what it feels like. You look at
life through a different lens. YOU are not promised tomorrow (neither is the
person next to you right now). Let this sink into you for a moment.
Live everyday like it’s your last. I always knew that phrase
or so I thought. Now not only do I know that phrase, I feel that phrase. I
think it’s one of those phrases we hear and it may get us pumped for a minute
or two but then minutes after that we slump back into our regular routine of
living and thinking. But what if this is something that we took a little more
serious each and every day? It was something that we read when we woke up or
something that reminded us during our busy days. Now, please don’t think I’m
talking about, go crazy and spend all of your money and do crazy stuff because
tomorrow isn’t promised. I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about making
an impact, an imprint on someones life each and every day. What if something popped
up on our phones that read, “make an impact on someone right now!” One of my
favorite things about my late wife, Crystal, was the impact she made on people.
From a simple smile, that may brighten someones day, to a talk with someone or
a text/email to someone…encouraging them, inspiring them, praying for them. She
did this ALL of the time. Everyday. Didn’t matter if she wasn’t feeling well,
if she was in a bad mood that day, or if she wasn’t on her “A game” that day.
That was just her. It was in her DNA. If she felt it, she did it. What if we
were more like that today. If you feel like you should make a phone call, send
an email, a text, etc. to someone about something, than do it today! Sure it’s
easy to say, “I’ll do it tomorrow or when I have time because I’m too busy”.
Honestly if it’s something that you feel you should do, make time! Because if
we think about it, “being too busy” is just an excuse. People in your life are
more important than your work or your activities. Let’s start making a positive
impact on people. Today. Tomorrow. Every single day. Think about the impact we
could make on the lives around us. People we work with, friends on social
media, people we run into at the gas station or grocery store. Again, I’m not
saying we need to learn everything about the gentleman putting our groceries in
a bag…it could be as simple as a smile or a “good morning!” Something that
makes someone smile. Something to brighten someones day. Something that brings
a little light into this dark and heavy world. We aren’t promised tomorrow so
let me encourage you to do something everyday for the next 30 days and see how
it turns out.
What if we thought of this as a step further and the people
we impacted in turn impacted others in their lives. The ripple effect. Think of
how much better and brighter this world could be. I’m not saying bad things
wouldn’t be happening but what I am saying is that as dark as this world may
seem and can be that the light will always be shining through.
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