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He stood to speak at the funeral of his friend. He referred to the dates on his tombstone. From the beginning to the end. He noted that first came the date of his birth, and spoke of the following date with tears, and he said what matters the most was the dash between those dates. And that friend is you.

That dash represents all the time - that you spent alive on earth and now when your Eulogy is being read, all those who loved you know what that little line is worth.

It not matters how much we own - the cars, the house, the cash. What matters is how we live and love, and how we spent our dash. It is the ”dash” between our date of birth and date of death.

The little dash is our life.  It is not the length of the dash that matters. It is the worth of the dash that matters.

So when your Eulogy is being read; with your life’s action taken to rehash, and you see your “life” as a recap, would you be proud of how you spent your dash, and what difference you made with it. Or would you regret the way you have spent your dash.

Think about this long and hard; are there things you’d like to change ? For you never know how much time is left.

If we could slow down enough to consider what is true and real. And always try to understand the way other people feel. And be less quick to anger, and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives - like we’ve never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect  and more often wear a smile, remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.

Together let us make our dash - a truly special one. To Ourselves and to the World.

Sijith