I think it is kind of sad that most of the time we need something to happen before we truly appreciate life. I was at my parents house last night and they were watching Live For The Moment, the “reality show” special that CBS aired about a man that has ALS and was given the opportunity to live out his wildest dreams before his time is up. I am not a super emotional person,  but I will admit that I did tear up a little bit watching the show. Sometimes it takes seeing something like that to remind me that I should be living every moment like its my last. I think it’s a little sad that we have to be reminded of things sometimes to realize that we are taking things for granted, myself included. Sometimes I take for granted that I can walk just fine, even though I have a prosthetic, then I see someone missing a limb that can’t afford a prosthetic or that can’t be fitted with one for whatever reason and all of a sudden I realize how much I take for granted.

Reading the article below about all of the people that have lost limbs in the earthquake in Haiti is one of those reminders. It makes me very thankful for what I have, and sad at the same time that there are people in that situation. I was reading another article today about a company that was asking for people to donate old prosthetic limbs to be sent to Haiti because the demand for prosthetics over there is going to be so high. I think I will dig out a couple of my old legs this weekend and see if I can find a place to drop them off. It’s the very least I can do with what all that I have been blessed with at the moment.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35103003/ns/world_news-haiti_earthquake/

 Hope you all have a good safe weekend, and don’t forget to live like you were dying!