Have you made peace in your life? Are you taking for granted people know how important they are to you?

Do you think you will ever will reach out to mend those fences - put the past hurts aside? If you reach out to someone and they don't respond, will it stop you from moving on to the next?

Our life on this earth is fragile. It can be whisked away in an instant.

We are not promised tomorrow and recent events happening in our world should drive that fact home to every single one of us. Our demise might come in the guise of a big red bus or in mother nature's fury. No one knows.

When it's my time, I want to leave with a clear slate. I don't want to leave without apologizing and mending fences, or without telling those I love and care for, what they've meant to me, and how they have positively impacted my life. I don't want any unresolved issues weighing me down. I don't want to regret not saying what I should have, while I still had the time. I don't want to rehash the past and all the baggage that goes with it - I simply seek to be free of the burden of the unresolved.

A couple conversations have proven difficult, but they were freeing and in the end they were positive. I can't control who accepts nor who declines, but I can find peace in knowing I have done my best.

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Musicman · 61-69, MVIP

I let those who are important to me know it. I tell them often and I am always there for them. Sadly that is not always reciprocated.

LadyBronte · 56-60, F

@Musicman Agreed. We can't control anyone else, and we can only do what we can do. The best we can hope for is a clear conscience and a lighter burden.

Musicman · 61-69, MVIP

@LadyBronte True story. I needed some specialty help with a job I was doing. I needed someone who would climb four stories up off the ground take both hands off the ladder and work above their head. And, have carpentry skills. My best friend grew up working for his dad who owned a construction company before becoming a first sergeant in the Army Special Forces. I asked him for help and was immediately told no. A half hour later he calls back. He told me his wife told him she couldn't believe it. That I had been there time and time again for him and the first time I asked for his help he tells me no. After she finished with him he was more than glad to help me. The job went great. 🙂

LadyBronte · 56-60, F

@Musicman I'm glad he helped in the end. Sometimes, we all need to be reminded we can do better.