The Stuff of Life...

Several years ago, a very, special high school teacher lost her husband to a sudden heart attack. About a week after his death, she shared her insights with her students. “Before class is over, I would like to share with all of you a thought that is not related to class, but which I feel is very important.

Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves. None of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away at any moment. Perhaps this is God’s way of telling us that we must make the most out of every single day.

So I would like you all to make me a promise. From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to notice. It doesn’t have to be something you see — it could be a scent — perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone’s house, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground.

Please look for these things, and cherish them. For, although it may sound trite to some, these things are the ‘stuff’ of life’” The students picked up their books and filed out of the room silently. That afternoon, many of those students noticed more things on their way home from school than they had that whole semester.
- Anonymous

Take notice of something special you experience today. Embrace that sign as a love note from Jesus to you. Ask to grow more sensitive, more appreciative of the numerous “miracles” that grace your life day by day.

As we get older, it is not the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn’t do – that we by-passed from routine or self-preoccupation.

May this day be filled with miracles for you!
- Kathleen M. Sullivan ’82MA ’87PhD