tell someone you love them...

1 corinthians 13

if i speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, i am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. if i have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if i have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, i am nothing. if i give all i possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, i gain nothing.

love is patient, love is kind. it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. it is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. it always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

love never fails. but where there are prophecies, they they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. for we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. when i was a child, i talked like a child, i thought like a child, i reasoned like a child. when i became a man, i put childish ways behind me. now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. now i know in part; then i shall know fully, even as i am fully known.

now that is incredible love...

a lot of the time we don't realize what we have until it is gone...some people are able to walk away from something they care about because of their pride and other stifling qualities...love is in everyone's lives, whether it is family, a significant other, friends, or even pets...i find people get so wrapped up in so many materialistic and wordly things, that they lose track of what they love, what is truly important...

i believe that as long as you have some type of love in your life, and it can stay strong, you can always make a bad day better...i would trade all of my material possessions to have a life of strong love with my family, friends, and maybe...even..."the one"...

the thing is...we are not guaranteed tomorrow...and sometimes...well...life gets in the way...work gets in the way..."stuff" gets in the way...and we think that we will tell that person what we want to say at a later time...but that later time...may not come...

every person that has ever meant something to me has been told...and let me tell you...some of it was not reciprocated...and that hurt...i will admit...but better than that...i like the fact that i shared my feelings...my love...dispite that...because in the end...i want everyone who mattered to me...to know that...not to assume it...not to hear about it from someone else...but hear it from me...

so i challenge you today...show someone how much you love them...whether it is someone in your life you have taken for granted, someone who could use a little extra boost and knows that you are there for him/her, or someone you want to do something extra special for...and don't do something easy...take a decent amount of time (just saying i love you or texting it does not count) and do something to show it...actions speak louder than words, and if people followed this lesson...maybe more people would have better days...

don't wait till it is too late...when that person is gone...and you are left with "i wish i had said"