Today is Friday, June 1st, 2012; Karen's Korner #2330

Today is June 1; Merry's birthday. She would have been 39 today. But for us she will always be 26, the age she was when she was killed.
 
The best thing about being a Christian is that everything is 'always on upgrade'. When we age, get sick, die, God sees to it that we are 'upgraded' to a better place, a better life, better health, better everything!
 
This is one of the nine emails from Merry which she sent to us in the last few days before she died, and we saved. Some of her emails were meaningful; some were silly. Some were thought provoking; others were jokes. And because we have so few and because it has been thirteen years, this one has made Karen's Korner in the past:
 
  From me to you:
 
    Peace

     Do not undermine your worth
       by comparing yourself with others.
      It is because we are different
        that each of us is special.

      Do not set your goals
   by what other people deem important.
     Only you know
     what is best for you.

Do not take for granted
the things closest to your heart.
Cling to them as you would your life,
for without them,
life is meaningless.

Do not let your life
slip through your fingers
by living in the past
nor for the future.
By living your life one day at a time,
you live all the days of your life.
 
Do not give up
when you still have something to give.
Nothing is really over
until the moment you stop trying.
It is a fragile thread
that binds us to each other.

Do not be afraid to encounter risks.
It is by taking chances
that we learn how to be brave.

Do not shut love out of your life
by saying it is impossible to find.
The quickest way to receive love
 is to give love;
The fastest way to lose love
is to hold it too tightly.

Do not dismiss your dreams.
To be without dreams
is to be without hope;
To be without hope
is to be without purpose.

Do not run through life
so fast that you forget
not only where you have been,
but also where you are going.
Life is not a race,
but a journey
to be savored
each step of the way.
 
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