It is so deeply saddening to see so many suffering and so much destruction. My heart truly goes out to anyone and everyone affected, and I pray those who lost their lives will rest in peace.
Events like this make you realize just how precious life truly is, and how quickly everything can change. None of us are bullet proof. None of us are indestructible. No one is beyond the reach of something like this happening to one of us.
I truly hope and pray that each and every one of us remembers this. Take a moment out of your day and be thankful for all that is in your life. Both good and bad. Remember you cannot smell the sweetness of the rose without getting through the thorns. You cannot dance in the rain without wading through a little mud. You cannot truly love until you have felt the bitter sting of heartache. Most of all, you cannot know true happiness without feeling the heart-wrenching surge of sadness. The bad helps us grow. It helps us find purpose, and to appreciate the truly wonderful things in our lives. We live because we learn. We learn because we falter. We falter because we choose wrongly. Life's lessons are not always sugar coated. Usually, there is a huge mountain to climb before we can bask in the sweet sunlight. Life is a journey...we all travel it. We stumble, we fall. But we will arise and go on. Until it is time to go home.
My wish, for anyone reading this is, that you treasure each and every moment on this planet. Good and bad. Hard and easy. Let those around you who mean a lot to you know how much they are worth to you.
God bless you all..and those who have suffered today.
Well said my dear!
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