Michael Jackson!!! R.I.P.

I was very sadden'd when I learned about M.J.'s death. My prayers go out to his family. I've been a very big fan of his for as long as I can remember. As a child I would be in the kitchen of our home trying to master the moonwalk (lol). I thought I was the best dancer when it came to dancing like Michael Jackson.

It's crazy though how one day a person is here and the next they're gone. And especially when it's someone close and it's one minute they're here and the next they're gone. We really never know the minute nor the hour of our death and we sometimes wait and put things off, like thinking of someone and saying, "I'll call them tomorrow." Who's to say you'll ever get that chance.

We don't realize how precious life is. Some of us spend so much time worrying about others, material things, how fly we look, what possessions we have, etc. You know, things that are left behind at the time of our death. Things that are left for others to brag about that you no longer have possession of. We don't think about the simple things in life. Things that matter most, like our loved ones, our relationship with God, our children's relationship with God, the moment.

There has been so many deaths around me in the past years and it makes me say to myself. What about now? What about right now?

The death of Michael Jackson was a shocker. Still at this moment, it doesn't really seem all that real and I guess that's only because I don't really truly know him, we're not friends, we're not family, etc. I can only imagine what his family is feeling. I really hope that this was a wake up call for us all. I only hope that we begin to live for now, what we have right now, what we can do right now, use what is available to use right now.

Do you right now. Smile right now. Laugh right now. Dream right now. Love right now. Care right now. Call them right now. Show them right now. Cry right now. Shout right now. Pray right now. Ask Jesus into your life right now. Help someone right now. Stop the violence now. Share Jesus right now. Hug your children right now. Make amends right now. Forgive right now. Tell therm you're sorry right now. Get help right now. Do what you can right now before it's too late.