คนที่เดินออกจากบ้านไปเมื่อเช้า เย็นนี้เค้าจะกลับมามั้ย?

ทุกโศกนาฏกรรมที่เกิดขึ้นแต่ละครั้ง คงมีคนถามตัวเองแบบนี้
แล้วก็สัญญากับตัวเองว่าจะทำอย่างโน้น อย่างนี้
ให้พ่อแม่ ให้ตัวเอง ให้เธอ ให้เรา ให้คนที่รักทั้งหลาย
วันวารผ่านไป ชีวิตก็ดำเนินไปตามวัฏจักรเดิมๆ
จนถึงวันที่โศกนาฏกรรมกลับมาเยือน
และ....จนความสูญเสียเยี่ยงนี้เป็นของตัวเอง

คำรำพึงดังนี้จึงเกิดขึ้น....เรื่อยๆ ไป
 
คำถามว่า Why not do it today?
นั่นสิ ทำไมไม่ทำเสียวันนี้? จึงไม่เคยมีคำตอบ

คำรำพึงดังนี้......ผู้สมควรสำเหนียก ไยมิใช่ผู้ที่ยังมีลมหายใจอยู่?

 If tomorrow never comes!
     
If I knew it would be the last time
that I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.
 
If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time,
I could spare an extra minute or two
to stop and say "I love you,"
instead of assuming, you would know I do.

If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day,
well I'm sure you'll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything right.

There will always be another day
to say our "I love you's",
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do's?"

But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget,

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance you get
to hold your loved one tight.

So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,

That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.

 So hold your loved ones close today,
whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you'll always hold them dear,

 Take time to say "I'm sorry," "please forgive me,"
"thank you" or "it's okay".
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.

~by Norma Burnett, Steelton,PA~
 

 WHY NOT DO IT TODAY?