Tonight I attended a graduation. A friend of mine named Pete Guyon moved on from this world last week to be with God. He died last thursday after a long battle of cancer. I can see Pete as free as this girl in the picture. Running, no more cancer no more pain, singing Praises in Heaven. Ever go to a graduation (funeral) and it makes you think? Well needless to say, i had many thoughts flowing threw my head tonight. I wanted to just share those thoughts with You:
1. The Legacy- I looked out the audience as i played the piano during the service and i noticed that there had to be over 500 people in the audience. Pete left a Legacy. Pete touched many lives no matter what through health, through deterioration, he made the choice to keep touching people. That is what i live for. I wish to be half the man Pete was. I hope to leave a legacy as he did. Thankyou Pete for being the example.
2. What we have- Pastor Garland, who directed the service tonight stated "You never know what you have until you don't have it". So True! So True! I thought how much I have and i could not wait to run home. When i got home i smiled at hearing my daughter asking me to take her to the library and my son asking me to watch the new TMNT movie that just came out on DVD. The little things that i have that our so valuable and i can easily over look at times.
With that in thought, is there a hug that you have held back from your spouse, a friend, a child? is there a touch, a glimpse that you can share that you haven't? Is there a word or many words that you could say but have not said for any reason? don't leave for tomorrow what you can do right now! Look for the small things that are right in front of you and embrace them, cherish them.
2 comments:
good job, Ricky, and beautiful keys last night.
Sounds like Pete was a true example of influence. I never met him...and still his life has touched me through the testimony of those that did
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