Appreciating life to the fullest

How the weekend starts and ends though. Hope you had a good one? I was supposed to have a beautiful weekend knowing that my friend's brother was walking down the aisle with his pretty bride. And then it went sour, 1 minute, it was all laughter, jokes and the next was silence, confusion, panic as my friend's mum who was up and about couldn't move. There are just some stories that sound false and unimaginable till you either experience them or present when these shocking events happen. I stood watching the pretty mother who was to be excited about her son's wedding stay quiet because she just couldn't move, she became weak, it was a sad one; a wedding which she had planned and waited for and there we were, no explanation to what was happening.

 At that moment I started asking God for forgiveness, for times when I took my life for granted, times when I complained about the things I did not have. I realised that in just a second I could be history. In pain, tribulations, trials, debts, ill health... We have to be grateful for a day above ground, we have to appreciate the air we breathe, the family we have, the friends turned family, for the challenges we face and so on.
Let us appreciate the life we have. Love like you've never loved. Hope like you've never done. Smile! Give! Giggle! Dance!