Life is short

There comes a time in life when you need to "own up', I think the old song by Jimmy Dean titled "IOU" sums it up really well. I read a thing on Facebook today that was based on "Mom" but it could apply to anyone who raised you, and really anyone in your life. In my case it would apply more to my Grandma I guess. Basically it stated that at age six you said "Mom I love you"....at age ten it was "Mom Whatever"....by age sixteen it was now "My Mom is annoying"....at age eighteen you progress to...."I wanna leave this house"....but by twenty five some sense starts to sink in, and it's...."Mom, you were right"....by thirty it's now...."Me, I want to go to Mom's house"....Somewhere around age fifty, if you are lucky enough for life to have been so kind it's...."I don't want to lose Mom"....then around age seventy....actually for me it was about twenty years sooner, it's...."I would give an anything to be with Mom just one more time." I can honestly say the same things for my Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandaddy, Uncle Bo, Uncle Page, Aunt Rachel, Aunt Juanita, Uncle Paul, Uncle Bob, and a lot of other people in my life. I guess what I'm trying to say in a round a bout way is, it's too bad life don't come with instructions...then we could be better parents, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters. We all make mistakes in life, we all make choices that right or wrong often affect other people in ways we never intended. But we can't live life dwelling on what we did in the past. This is a great quote: “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.” by Maria Robinson. It reminds me of yet another quote I read years ago that was and always will be true: Anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. The road of life is a tough one, and a mighty short one....live, love and laugh....no need to take it all too seriously you ain't going to get out alive anyway....make your peace early....and spend your life living....