No present like the time

It is said that there is no time like the present but also, there is no
present like the time! We might receive wealth or position but without
time they would be of little worth. The gift of time is not something
to be left under the tree but rather to be used wisely and well.
Compared with previous generations we have many time saving devices
but what do we do with the time which is saved? We should resolve to
spend it wisely, and the time to begin is now!

A culture of death?

AN announcement on Australian T-V news stated that the leading cause of death for both men and women under thirty five was suicide and it seems that this obtains in some of the richest countries. The tragedies of affluence abound. But why this waste . not least among young people with the potential to 'make it' in life?
I put it down to a lack of faith in the widest sense of the term. Many lose faith in themselves and in there being any meaning in this life and are ready to take their chance on the next world even if for them it represents nothing but oblivion.
People with a positive attitude or faith believe that the best is always yet to be. Life is not a bubble, empty and without significance. It is more like an egg, full of untold posibilities.
Life is to be affirmed and meant to be lived to the full believing that God loves us and thinks highly of us.