Have you ever listened to a song that you know well, I mean, you know all the words, you've sung it countless times, but all of a sudden, the words just click, and it's like you're hearing it for the first time? No? I had that happen to me recently.
I had the radio on, and “Fire and Rain” by James Taylor started playing. I've been listening to that song since I was a kid. I know all the words, I can sing it from memory, even without hearing it. I was singing it, then I was truly hearing the lyrics, and understanding them, too.
“I always thought I'd see you again”
We do that all the time, don't we? I believe it's human nature to blindly trust that we will always get another chance. The friend you mean to call, the place you want to visit, the project you want to complete. These things happen in the mythical land of “tomorrow” and “soon”.
“Well there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come”
Things to come...we always look to the future, we always assume there will be a tomorrow. Even though we say things like, “Tomorrow isn't promised”, we inherently know there will be one. One day, we'll do such and such.
While having MS is NOT fatal, it does force you to live in the present more than you did previously. Today I can. Therefore, I will. And days like that are the ones you cherish.
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