Tuesdays With Morrie is a book that I got to know through a friend. I saw one of his online posts, and didn’t waste my time having a second look. It was just one of the many passing updates on my news feed from my online friends which I rarely put too much attention to. 

It started with curiosity and a book that was on sale at Goodwill. It was cheap and I could afford it hehe 

The book left me with the impression that nothing is forever. Nothing lasts for eternity. Well, except for the One who is Eternity. 

People come and go. They stay for a season and a reason. Some choose to stay, some choose to leave, and some just have no choice but to submit to the natural way of life, which one of them is death. 

Humans die. Human death is a dead end, everyone must face it. To leave the physical world is something that no one could ever run away from. 

But the memories we create with our loved ones, with the people who stay for a season and a reason worth all the struggle and pain we face in life. The experience of being alive and living and loving the moment is a gift from the One who lasts for eternity. 

The present is a gift I am in the process of consistently trying to be grateful for. I can be an overthinker sometimes and that ruins the gift of the present. I am always praying to have a grateful heart, a heart that is overflowing with gratitude. In good times and bad times, I desire to be grateful to the LORD. 

The attitude of gratitude is a good way of living a good life, of no regrets, of contentment, and of joy.  

I hope and pray we also find peace as we journey to a life that is filled with gratitude to the One who stays and lasts forever. 

‭1 Thessalonians 5:18 NIV‬

give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.