How Can We Take Something Postive from Tragedy?

In the wake of the bombing in Boston we as a country are dealing with a tragedy brought on by a person or persons who deliberately set out to do evil. This brings up issues of our own vulnerability. Life is random and in times like this we realize how arbitrary it can be. In an instant your life can totally change. It is terrifying to think about which is why most of us don't think about it. 

However, it is important to remember that clichéd as it is, that there are no guarantees in life. It is important to try to live accordingly. Live at your best and behave as if what is most important to really does matter. That means not giving lip service to gratitude but living it-telling your children, your friends, your spouses, that you love them often and doing things that show that love even more often. It means behaving with kindness and patience to those who slow you down in the store or on the highway, because you don't know what their experience has been. It means taking the time to enjoy now and not just saying  tomorrow I will do something different.

So I hope you can take from this tragedy an attitude of kindness and gratitude and live a life that shows that attitude.

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This blog post is a revised version of a post on my blog found at

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