Any Last Words? Don’t Save Them; Speak Them!

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π‘¬π’–π’π’π’ˆπ’š: 1- 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒆𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒓 π’˜π’“π’Šπ’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’Šπ’ π’‘π’“π’‚π’Šπ’”π’† 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒓 π’•π’‰π’Šπ’π’ˆ, π’†π’”π’‘π’†π’„π’Šπ’‚π’π’π’š 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒕 π’π’“π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ π’Šπ’ 𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏. 2- π’‰π’Šπ’ˆπ’‰ π’‘π’“π’‚π’Šπ’”π’† 𝒐𝒓 π’„π’π’Žπ’Žπ’†π’π’…π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’.

Have you ever known someone that has passed away? Death is an unfortunate but inevitable part of life. I have found that when someone dies, people come up with such nice things to say about them. At a funeral, you can usually hear loved ones put together a eulogy with such beautiful words about the deceased. In this day and age of social media, so many people post praises about people that have moved on from this world, even if they didn’t know them that well, especially celebrities. For instance, the famous singer/actor Kenny Rogers died a couple of days ago. I don’t typically post ‘RIP’ posts for celebrities, but I did because I felt such an emotional connection from remembering things about listening to his music when I was younger. It brought up big feelings about my parents and grandmother, so it immediately made me emotional. I wasn’t close to him, but his death made me sad simply because those that I π’‚π’Ž close to were connected to memories of him.

I feel like when someone dies, we instinctively think of the good qualities of that person, even if you weren’t particularly close, or even if they annoyed you in some ways. I can think of people I’ve known that, now that they are gone, I wished we would have been closer. There are friends that I genuinely admired so much, but didn’t tell them for one reason or another. And there have been some that I didn’t have the best thoughts of, but with their dying, it automatically made me think of nice things about them. I think that happens a lot on this planet we all share.

Let’s stop living that way! Think of one person right now. I’m waiting… Now think about a nice quality they have. Now reach out to that person and tell them! Tell them while they are still 𝑨𝑳𝑰𝑽𝑬, and not wait until they’re dead. We say such lovely things about the deceased, and the sad part is that they aren’t around to hear the nice things people have to say about them. The world is filled with anxious, insecure people that sure could use a little positive affirmation. Think about the number of suicides that are climbing. Most of these people feel like the world would be better off without them. What if you reached out to someone and they had been feeling hopeless and contemplating suicide, but the one nice thing you told them made them think twice? I honestly believe that we can change the world if we all started lifting one another up. Sometimes people are on their deathbed and we know they’re dying and have a chance to tell them then. But more often than not, people pass away without warning. Don’t miss out on the chance to tell someone how you feel.

I am an introvert, so I feel like I’m pretty awkward in social settings. I have really enjoyed taking advantage of communicating via messenger thanks to social media. I have reached out after speaking with people to tell them “hey, I really enjoy chatting with you!” or “I think you’re such a great mom! I really admire how you handle things with your kiddos!” or “You are so beautiful!” or “I enjoyed hearing you sing so much!” Someone actually reached out to me recently and told me how much they have always admired me. This was from someone that I honestly thought hated me. Hearing these nice things they said about me, 𝑻𝑢 me, cleared up so much misunderstanding and hard feelings from the past.

So go ahead… make someone’s day. Treat them like they’re dying, and look past any bad and find something to admire about them, and tell them what it is! Be kind. Treat everyone with love and compassion. I love the quote that was derived from Proverbs 11:27: “π‘¨π’π’šπ’π’π’† 𝒄𝒂𝒏 π’‡π’Šπ’π’… 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’…π’Šπ’“π’• π’Šπ’ π’”π’π’Žπ’†π’π’π’†. 𝑩𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’‡π’Šπ’π’…π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’ˆπ’π’π’….”

“𝑨 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 π’‡π’Šπ’π’…π’” π’‹π’π’š π’Šπ’ 𝒂 π’‡π’Šπ’•π’•π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’“π’†π’‘π’π’š– 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’‰π’π’˜ π’ˆπ’π’π’… π’Šπ’” 𝒂 π’•π’Šπ’Žπ’†π’π’š π’˜π’π’“π’…!” 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒔 15:23

“𝑻𝒉𝒆 π’•π’π’π’ˆπ’–π’† 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 π’‘π’π’˜π’†π’“ 𝒐𝒇 π’π’Šπ’‡π’† 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉…”
𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒃𝒔 18:21

” 𝑫𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕 π’‚π’π’š π’–π’π’˜π’‰π’π’π’†π’”π’π’Žπ’† π’•π’‚π’π’Œ π’„π’π’Žπ’† 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 π’šπ’π’–π’“ π’Žπ’π’–π’•π’‰π’”, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 π’π’π’π’š π’˜π’‰π’‚π’• π’Šπ’” 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 π’ƒπ’–π’Šπ’π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒖𝒑 π’‚π’„π’„π’π’“π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐 π’•π’‰π’†π’Šπ’“ 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’Šπ’• π’Žπ’‚π’š π’ƒπ’†π’π’†π’‡π’Šπ’• 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 π’˜π’‰π’ π’π’Šπ’”π’•π’†π’. π‘¬π’‘π’‰π’†π’”π’Šπ’‚π’π’” 4:29

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I am a military wife, mom, foster mom and most importantly... I LOVE me some Jesus! Over the last few years, I've realized how refreshing, and important, it is to be completely vulnerable. I have struggled with depression and anxiety, and opening up about it has helped so many people open up to me as well! I live to encourage and inspire others. Thank you for getting to know me! If you are reading this, I have already prayed for you... that you will leave here feeling refreshed, encouraged, and feeling the love that Jesus has for YOU!

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