Published: April 18, 2009 12:22 am      

DAY: ‘The Value of Life’

Since I was a youngster, I have discovered that there are many out there who do not value what life is and why we are here. You might call it disrespect, but I call it wrong. Life is a gift, given to us by The Creator, to use in a way that it not only benefits you but others too. Many take the so-called easy way out, by giving up and ending that life. I believe that He has a plan for each of us and to go against His plan by ending yours is very wrong. Nothing is bad enough for that to happen. In today’s world we are met with some rough times for many people and it won’t get better any time soon. We will meet those blockages in our walk of life and you just have to climb over or go around and then continue on your narrow path of life.

Through my years of growing up, there were times when a person had died and no one wanted to comment on it as to what the reason for the death was. Men have taken their own life because of problems either at home or at work. They find that life is not worth going another day and for that one second between life and death, there is no return. A problem with a wife or husband that can’t be solved because neither wants to give an inch, slowly builds to the point of no return and one takes his or her own life. Trouble with losing a job, after years of employment, and no way to support the family, slowly builds to the point of no return. Losing a close member of the family, and not being able to cope with the loss, can be a trying time for anyone. Life at times can be so bad that you lose all thought of trying to make it better. You feel that life has let you down and there is no turning back. So I am telling you right now that you can make it better and easier to withstand. You and only you can stand up and proclaim to yourself and to God that this is just a blockage in your walk of life and you can get over it. You and only you can be on that narrow path ready to walk it regardless of what might try to stop you. Sure, times are very rough for a lot of us but they can get better.

How many of us have been in those problems and yet fought to keep our heads above water, until that time when we can say “been there, done that”? We made up our minds that to worry about something you can’t do anything about, only makes it worst. What you have to do is to build on a level foundation so the shifting of life does not really affect us. You start with that solid level foundation and you add to it with the other good things in life as it relates to you. What you want out of life and what you receive depends on how you live it and how you try to make it better.

And I know that there are many out there who just cannot adjust to that way of thought and for them life will be one of ups and downs. How long that is with them, depends on them and maybe someone who tries to help them. Mom and Dad always told us that life can be rough and tough, but you go with what you have and you live with it. I always knew they were very smart, and as I got older, I realized that what they taught us was that you take life as you get it and you work to make it better. You take the path that has been placed there and you walk it. God has a plan for each of us and we can’t go wrong following that plan. We take it one day at a time and we make the best of what He has given us. Can’t you live with that?

Ray “Uncle Ray” Day may be

contacted at uncleray@earthlink.net