Make it meaningful

Thanksgiving: a time to gather around, forgive, share love and happiness, make memories but above all, a time to be thankful for what we are, what we have, what the Lord gave us. A great moment that cheers up your soul and warm your heart as you get around the people you love, those who mean “the world” to you.

Such wonderful feelings that suddenly seem to fade as the shadows take over: Paul Walker is gone. Many have known him, some people haven’t. I haven’t personally known him but if you grew up in a house where fast and furious was part of your culture (not education, there is a difference), then of course you would feel heartbroken and have, at least for a minute, your stomach upside down and your mind all over the place. We could spend years asking why, wondering what happen, trying to convince ourselves that this is not happening but it is and only God knows why and he will always and forever be the only one that has the final word and final version on how this tragic accident happened.

As I have been online myself, trying to understand what happened, I have seen a lot of controversy and debates over the victims death’s, a lot of people making some comment that are insulting, rude and disrespectful to Paul Walker but mostly to his family and friends still trying to cope with this event. He was young (40 is definitely not old), he was an experimented driver (and so was his friend driving the Porsche), he had life ahead of him and I do not believe he had ever thought this would ever happen to him but guess what it did.

This maybe is a time to remember that we do not have all life in front of us: at anytime our life can be taken away and we should make a good use of it. We are not the masters of our fate although we surely play a role into shaping it and determining what it will look like. All the testimony I have heard from him talk about how great of a person he was: dedicated, hardworking, down to earth, always helping others, bringing such a positive energy around him and sharing love with his family, friends, co-workers and reaching out to people in need. He seemed to be a great persona and seemed to have made a great use of his life.

This is probably what we should be working on too as this reminds us that life is never long enough and we never have enough time to do good and share the love with our loved ones. Tomorrow does not belong to us. As a matter of fact we might not even see tomorrow because we are not the absolute masters of our lives, of our fate. As much as we want to live our life to the fullest and enjoy every single bit of it, we ought to do is wisely, we ought to do it through things that are worth being done so that when we are gone, we leave behind us a legacy that will keep us alive in the heart and memory of people we love.

"As we are few weeks away from this New Year, we want to remember those of us who were gone too soon. At the image of this candle, we want to let the memories we have of them enlighten our way darkened by tears and sorrows and their everlasting love warm up our hearts left out in the cold of their absences"