Documentation of Life

 

When you give a person what they have been wanting for The Longest Time you become an agent of change in the life of that person who probably has attempted to satisfy that 'want' for The Longest Time.

Time in fact is a change agent. All it takes for change to occur is the ticking of a watch...the ticking symbolizes waiting....Waiting for The Change to Come. For me within one aspect of my life I have been successful at aiding in a life change for a friend...a true friend…I am extremely thankful for the opportunity.

She has no idea how much her approval of me has benefited my life. She has no idea what she has given me. Like most life events and attempts, the road has been filled with stress, disappointment and finally now, Joy.

There are numerous gifts that we can give someone. What I have noticed over the past two years is how simple it is to give a gift. A smile, a hug, a touch, a word of support. All are necessary for humans. We need this type of attention so that we will be complete…Whole. We also need this devotion to survive…to live within the context of a Good Life. We need it so we can repeat over and over again, ‘Life is Good’.

It definitely has the potential to be Good when we take the time to Give to one another. Not solely during the Christmas, Kwanza, and including Birthday Seasons – but each day that we awake to face another opportunity to get it Right. These are the opportunities that mold and define us. We need satisfying existence and we certainly need adversity…we need tough times.

We are enhanced people when we ‘go through the storm’ especially when the storm is lengthy. Anyone of you reading can make it through a brief, not so challenging period of hardship. We are human beings that claim to be God’s creations. We say we are Believers, and Faith Walkers…

If we are of God we should be prepared for lasting (some refer to it as long-suffering) circumstances that promote personality change and psyche adjustment. We must endure so that we will continue to Live after we Die. Death is a guarantee…no one can defy it. Death is our final journal entry…it is our Documentation of Life.

I want to believe that my life has been a journey of smooth and rocky roads that have defined me for not only myself – but for the world…for anyone who has taken Time to engage me in friendship and in intimate relationship. So many of you have been in my corner. You have not given up on me when I repeatedly claimed that I have had enough…Enough with my present reality which is completely different from what I molded over the years. You have encouraged me. You have challenged me. You have supported me e.g. emotionally, spiritually, and financially. I am the beneficiary of a dynamic group of remarkable friends and a loving family.

So…I will not quit. I will push on. I will be what my mother proclaimed that I would NOT be, a quitter. I will be what I was created to be, a man that has no room in his life for ‘Long-suffering’. A man who loves life so much that he is always in the graceful and humble mode of Giving Life.

I prefer not to die…but like all of us I will. In my moment of death, I will be praying that I have been a Change Agent for at least one individual.

Enjoy 2013!!!