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2 much 2 do?

If you're like me, then you're always facing the fact that there is 2 much 2 do.
At times it becomes overwhelming.
The todo lists are speckled with reminders to check the other todo lists...
And there is that feeling of never really being on top or 'in control' of all that there is 2 do...

Not that all that is right. But that's the way the feeling is.
I, for one, must continue to learn to live this moment to the full. Not project myself into some future time and live for then.

A few nights ago driving back from a rare day out, Annette and I arrived moments after a spectacular accident. A care was in the middle of the twisty road we were driving along - upside down. The two young people were still trapped inside. As we got out into the freezing Welsh black night and helped them (fortunately neither of them were badly injured) I was reminded of the fact that life is precious, short and to be lived to the max.
It's so easy to let opportunities slip by.
Many seem to vegetate from one day to the next with little sense of purpose of direction.
Many are submerged by the fact there is 2 much 2 do.

May it not be so for us.

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