When you come to a fork....

Watching Charlie Rose the night after Thanksgiving, I heard one of my favorite authors Nora Ephron quote the inimitable Yogi Berra... "When you come to a fork in the road, take it!" I always laugh when I hear one of his truths spoken, but that night, this particular one hit me right between the eyes.

I got the feeling that although we'd never met, he was definitely talking about me! When two (or sometimes more) great opportunities present themselves, I know rarely choose one... How can I? I don't want to miss out on ANYTHING good, so I do them both! Crazy? Maybe. But I know I'm not alone. Most of the gals I know live their lives the same way.

Who wants to pick only one when you're pretty sure if you just juggle a little harder, you can have it all? You know what they say - Good girls may go to heaven, but Multi-Tasking Women go EVERYWHERE!

Fork in the road? Follow me!

In the blink of an eye...

This isn’t exactly the blog entry I’d planned to write today, but life changes in the blink of an eye. I got one of those phone calls you hope never to receive. Someone I know, someone with whom I’d become a colleague, someone I cared about and respected greatly died in a traffic accident on his way home from the office. Just like that. Gone.

So much potential yet to be realized. Loved by so many. Leaving a giant sucking hole in the life of everyone who knew, respected and loved him.

This has happened to me before, many years ago. Then it was my own brother. Beloved and taken out of life far too early. So much potential. Loved by so many. Another giant hole that will never be quite filled.

What do we do with days like this? How can we make sense of a life lost too young, whatever the age. Does tragic accident ever have meaning?

I can only say that, for me, it is a reminder that demands to be heard, loudly proclaiming its message: “Don’t wait! Live your life every day, every moment, every second, for every moment does, in deed, matter.”

Don’t put off till tomorrow. Tell the people you love how much you love them NOW! Make that call. Send that note. Heal that broken relationship. Live and love your life authentically.
For we never know when this moment may be our last chance.