I'll do it tomorrow....

"I'll do it tomorrow" how many times have we said that phrase ourselves, or heard it said.  We have 50 things on our to do list, appointments to keep, errands to run, bills to pay..the list keeps growing and growing so we put off things because we don't have the time or the money.  I just read a post from a photographer that really made me stop and think about what is important and what isn't. This really made me think about how often I put off doing things because of so many reasons, that in many cases, aren't really reasons but excuses.  Imagine how you would live your life right now, this very instant, if you knew for a fact that one day soon you wouldn't have the luxury of saying "I'll do it tomorrow",  the changes you would make, the places you would go and the things you would say.  What would you regret, and would you attempt to change the things you could, seek forgiveness where possible and make peace with the parts of your life and the people in it that can't be changed? You can't put a price on love, forgiveness, family and friendships. Do what you can to preserve memories, whether it's a photograph, a journal, letters, scrapbooks, anything that will show the people around you that you love that you are a part of their lives and that having them in your life means something to you. Tell them how you feel, share your thoughts and your memories with them, always make sure they know how much they mean to you. To me, not taking a few minutes to honor those you love by preserving special moments with them is, in a way, treating them and their presence in your life like it's not very important, and that is never a good way to make someone feel.  Every time you say "I'll do it tomorrow" you are taking for granted that there will be another tomorrow, and that everyone in your life will have another tomorrow and that is something that is never promised to us, because your "tomorrow" could be today.

This is the link that inspired this blog post, please read and take a moment to think about it.        http://fototails.wordpress.com/2012/01/02/a-letter-on-my-doorstep-portraits-are-more-than-paper/