Smell the Roses

Years ago, I remember my Dad telling me to take time to smell the roses. Maybe he used that illustration because our family was in the floral business! Maybe he said it because it was truth. Either way, I understood it. I remember him saying: Melissa, don’t get to the end of your life and look back and wish you had done this or that. I think the older I get, the more I understand that concept. As the years pass, I feel like time is slipping through my fingers and there’s so much left to do. No, I don’t want to climb a mountain or jump out of an airplane!! But I do want to take more time with family, read more books, laugh with friends, let people know how much I appreciate them. Most of all, I want to be all that Jesus wanted me to be and I want to do all the things He’s called me to do. What are the things you don’t want to miss in life? Take time to smell the roses…start today.