Dec 17 2008
What is important?
Sometimes, it is hard to remember what exactly is important. It seems especially this time of year. I wrote about this before, but things keep hitting me square in the face, reminders. Hard times, they keep coming around, bills due, no money, laid off. What is a person to do? Depression seems to run rampant during this time of year.
A man that comes to where I work as a server, hands me 20.00 every so often. I had been laid off for a week, hours cut back. He now has pancreatic cancer. This man would do anything for anybody.
Why him? Just when you think you have it bad, someone has it worse. I see people come in all time and eat by themselves, they seem lonely. Some, I know have no one. There are times I see them seek someone out to talk to, anyone, but some, turn their back on them, too busy it seems. I have even been guilty of that.
Holidays are too commerical. No one no the reason they actually celebrate it anymore. This is truly sad. The news came on and told of horrible car wrecks in our area, 7 deaths, people who thought they would be here for Christmas, lifes altered forever.
Are we really THAT busy, we can’t take time for no another anymore? It seems we are too busy. What happens when we need that compassion and caring moment from a stranger, or even a friend?
I wonder, will it be there? The man I spoke of, said he didn’t tell me of his cancer, because he thought I had too many other problems going on. He didn’t want to bother me. Importance, what really is it? Do we really have an accurate definition of it? Somehow, I don’t think we do.
