Nancy Stoops and Midnight

By Nancy Stoops

Imagine for just a couple of minutes that this your last day here.  You’re not in any pain and you are just recalling the events of your life.  Are you feeling content about the way you lived, or are you filled with regret?

I’m not trying to be morbid in anyway, I’m just trying to get you to think about how you’re living your life.  Do you seem to spend most of your days worrying about things you have no control over?  Do you find yourself constantly holding grudges when people make you angry?  Do you waste much of your time proving you are right?  Are you living in the past and use it as an excuse for not being able to move forward?

Take a moment and think about what it is that you want your life to represent.  For me, I need to have love, peace and a sense of purpose in my life.  I need to know that I make a difference.  I need not only to love and be loved, but also to be really connected to those I love.  I need to have peace in my mind, heart, and soul – and this comes with keeping things cleaned up in my life.  I don’t like it when I’m off from my loved ones, so I need to clean things up quickly.

I want to be able to look back at my life with no regrets and have a sense of peace knowing I lived life as the person I was intended to be.  I need to believe that I did everything I could to do my best and to be the best person I could here in this world.  Those are the thoughts I want running through me my last day here – and every day until then!