I'm sure everyone has heard the saying that goes something like, Nobody ever said on their deathbed, "Gee, I wish I'd spent more time at the office."
I won't go into great detail about the accident, but I have a friend in his 50s who had a work-related accident that may cause him to never walk again. He is blue-collar, self-employed with a side job or two. He's one of those "on the go" types who usually works 6 days a week from daylight until past dark. Like many these days, all the work isn't because he's struggling to put food on the table and clothes on his back, but it's for the extras in life that most all of us like.
The thing is, the accident has given him a lot of thinking time on his hands and he has re-evaluated his life. He told me that if the Lord ever let him walk again and get back to some kind of normalcy, he was going to make some changes in his life. For one, he was going to stop working like there was no tomorrow; his shop door was going to close every day at 4:00 or 5:00 instead of 9:00 or 10:00, he was going to give up his side jobs, and he was going to spend more time with his wife, grandchildren, and maybe help his son-in-law in a more casual manner. He said he has spent his life so far running around with his tongue out like a panting dog reaching for the dollar and thinking that down time was wasted time. He said he didn't care if he had to sell all his "extras." He said that somehow his current situation has made all that stuff and his previous lifestyle seem unimportant.
It's sad that when some people have a major event like this in their life, it helps them realize that they need to stop and smell the roses. Then again, some people might evaluate their lives at a time like this and discover it's all good even if they are "on the go" all the time. Who knows.
I won't go into great detail about the accident, but I have a friend in his 50s who had a work-related accident that may cause him to never walk again. He is blue-collar, self-employed with a side job or two. He's one of those "on the go" types who usually works 6 days a week from daylight until past dark. Like many these days, all the work isn't because he's struggling to put food on the table and clothes on his back, but it's for the extras in life that most all of us like.
The thing is, the accident has given him a lot of thinking time on his hands and he has re-evaluated his life. He told me that if the Lord ever let him walk again and get back to some kind of normalcy, he was going to make some changes in his life. For one, he was going to stop working like there was no tomorrow; his shop door was going to close every day at 4:00 or 5:00 instead of 9:00 or 10:00, he was going to give up his side jobs, and he was going to spend more time with his wife, grandchildren, and maybe help his son-in-law in a more casual manner. He said he has spent his life so far running around with his tongue out like a panting dog reaching for the dollar and thinking that down time was wasted time. He said he didn't care if he had to sell all his "extras." He said that somehow his current situation has made all that stuff and his previous lifestyle seem unimportant.
It's sad that when some people have a major event like this in their life, it helps them realize that they need to stop and smell the roses. Then again, some people might evaluate their lives at a time like this and discover it's all good even if they are "on the go" all the time. Who knows.