Are You Ready For IT?

IT will eventually happen to all of us. Maybe not today or tomorrow but at some point while we are living on this precious planet called earth, "it" will happen. What will you do when "it" does?

Many of us will throw our hands in the air with a gesture of disbelief. Other's will make that phone call to their best friend and exclaim, "I wasn't expecting "it" to happen today!" Then there will be the silent few, who knew "it" was coming all along. They planned, prepared, and postured themselves for the inevitable, and now they are reaping the benefits. Which group do you fall into?

For several years now I have prided myself in doing all the right things to keep body, mind and soul in tip top shape. But as of late, the concept of tip top has slid down to barely hanging on to the side... the moment of IT has arrived...

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It's official... I've become my Mother!!!

Don't laugh guys it works the same way for you. One morning you wake up, look in the mirror and gasp with amazement as your stare through the shaving creme into your father's eyes... when did this happen you might ask? Better yet, what can we do about it?

I'll let you in on a little secret... the inevitable doesn't have to be a scary moment, in fact if you plan it just right "it" can be one of the most exciting times of your life.

Begin today by writing down all of the positive, exciting, unique, outlandish and extraordinary things you can about your mom and/or dad. Talk to your brothers, sisters, cousins, aunts and uncles get stories straight from those who know. Next, find photo's of mom or dad that make you smile or laugh out loud and create an album (online or in book format) and entitle it: Marvelous Muses About Mom! or Delightful Data About Dad! Create a page of memories and the next page a photo, repeat until you are satisfied that you have described your parent in all his or her glory.


Are you asking how this can prevent the inevitable? Umm... it can't, that's why it's called inevitable. But, what it can do is give you more reasons than you have now to really appreciate who your parents were and are today. Once we look into the realness of mom or dad, our view of them will never be the same. Then when the time of "it" arrives we will beam with pride and joy at the prospect of becoming more like the one we love.

Makes me reflect on my faith-walk ... how I look forward to the time I will become as Christ, standing in the presence of my Father.  Now that's a T-shirt or pajama top I'd gladly wear. "It's Official... I've Become My Brother!"