"Compassion, kindness, and concern can be found everywhere in America. And if we have learned nothing else from the tragedy of September 11th, we have learned that our time on earth is short, so there is simply no time for hate." —Sandra Dahl, wife of Jason Dahl, pilot of Flight 93."

We have daily sad reminders of the fragility of life...whether huge national tragedies or tragedy we know has occurred when we hear a paramedic's siren.

Another reminder to live fully -- really fully -- now!

I wonder if you, like me, get so caught up in the minutiae of the day that the minutes and hours slip away without our having noticed. We would be well-advised to look carefully at our priorities. As the sign says, "Live today as if it's the last day of your life." Or, as Jesus said, "you shall not know the day nor the hour...."

Please join me in resolving to play more and work less...to laugh more and fret less...to DO less and BE more, starting with right now!

-The Pastor's Porch