HELLO

"Hello" can be one of the most single important words one can say to another person. It acknowledges someone, lets them know that if even for a brief second, they are important. For some, on a given day, it can literally save their life. Some people wait their whole lives to hear "Hello" from that one special person. Whether it be a broken friendship, lost love, estranged family member or that someone you have a longing to get to know. It seems like such an easy word to say - doesn't it. Hello. But for many people it is just as difficult to say as "I Love You" or "I'm Sorry". Life is short. Too damn short to be sitting around thinking - should I, shouldn't I? In the blink of an eye the ONE person who you wanted to say "Hello" to could be gone from the earth. Just like that. Then the rest of your life is spent regretting that you didn't take that chance.

I spend a lot of time talking to people who are near death - young and old alike. I always ask them, what do you regret the most -- that you tried things and failed? Or that you didn't try at all? Hands down -- and I mean hands down -- that they didn't try at all. There's regret that they didn't take that chance when they had it. That they didn't pick up the phone and say -- Hello. Some say that they wish that they would have said "I Love You" or "I'm Sorry" to someone one last time -- but it was the missed "Hello's", the missed opportunities to make things right or to start down a new path that wounded the soul the most. Fear is healthy, we all need it to survive. But when fear stops you from living -- from loving -- from happiness....then that is when life stops. Your physical body may go on to fulfill obligations, to do the daily chores of life -- but your soul is darken, lost, forgotten. The soul is meant to live and love --- it is eternal.

On the same token, one cannot sit around waiting for that "Hello", "I Love You" or "I'm Sorry". To do so means that you miss out on life, that you miss out on opportunities and your soul too is lost, forgotten, asleep. Life is meant for living - not for waiting.

Life is too damn short. Too short -- and too many people are missing it.

So what are you waiting for? Pick up the phone, send that email or card via post and tell someone "Hello" before it's too late. Or spend the rest of your life "What if'ing". The choice is up to you.

Chances Are your hello is most welcomed.

Crystal Sunshine!
Allie :)