Ready for the Ice Storm and So Much More than Weather

Well, I live in an area along with many other states that are prepping for the winter storm that is barreling through the US.

Snow, sleet, and ice, oh my.

It’s interesting how people react in moments like this.

Grocery store – buy all the essentials such as bread, milk and cheese puffs. Check

Hardware store – buy a snow shovel, flashlight and silver bullets. Check

Charged all my devices – Heaven forbid I don’t have Candy Crush or Facebook to entertain me. Check.

Wear layers incase heat goes out because I’m too lazy to put on another blanket. Check.

We have our list of things we do in case of an emergency, but it takes a crisis to see what is important.

Yet, technically, everyday we should live like this. Not wrestling a grandma to the floor for the last box of Frosted Flakes, but living with the realization that each day is precious and we should appreciate what we have.

No one wants to lose power, have their pipes freeze, get their house damaged from a collapsed roof from the weight of the snow, but we don’t think about these precious commodities on a mild day. We don’t see the blessings under our roof on a sunny day. We don’t see the gifts given when life is going good.

It takes a crisis to realize the important things in life.

But the most important thing is our own life. It is so fleeting and unpredictable. It can be gone and over before you know, with no heads up of prepping for a crisis. No last minute calls to loved ones. No famous last words remembered for years to come. No second chances and do overs.

You only have one life to do it right. And sadly, many people don’t like to think about the second after you take your last breath.

Some may think they are going to Heaven if they lived a good life. Some may think there is nothing but a void or nothingness. Some may think Heaven is Peter taking the admission ticket at the pearly gates like going to the movies and seeing the latest Spider-Man.

Yet sadly, many people think they will have time to prepare for their last dance as if we are given a timeline or expiration date on the sole of our feet.

We don’t know when our end is, but we each are aware we have one.

Are you living with anticipation, ready with your candles and batteries for when you are called home? Or are you living with the notion of last minute, deathbed confessionals?

If you’re the latter, I wish you consider your deathbed could be tonight and then live like a once deadman walking tomorrow with a new outlook on life.

Life is so much better when you have something worth living and dying for.

Do you? If interested, message me.

Peace