Last updated on April 27, 2024
The day just started and now it’s 6 pm
The month is almost over, it happened so quickly
It’s only spring; a new year is just around the corner
Thirty, forty, fifty, sixty years go by too fast
We realize how many people we have already lost
Parents, acquaintances, friends, relatives, loved ones
There is no turning back, no more time to be spent
So let’s enjoy the time, let’s do things we like
We should all eliminate the word “later”
“I will do it later”, “I will think about it later”
Because later, it might be too late
Later is not given to all
Later we could be too old
Later our priorities might change.
Later our health might not be the same
Later the children will all be grown up.
Later the parents will be older,
later our promises might be forgotten,
Later the day turns into night
Later, life can be over.
So let’s not leave anything for later
because we could lose the best moments
The best experiences
the best family and wonderful friends
At some point, it will be too late for later
Very insightful 👏
Tomorrow is not guaranteed 😕
Let us act now!
Thank you. I am so pleased you like it.
PS: You mean “exactly” not “exatly.”
I swear this autocorrect when you dictate instead of writing is the death of all of us. Thank you.
I cannot read your flagged comment to me since you deleted my original. Do you only allow comments that you agree with?
I am very sorry, but I don’t remember you and I apologize. I normally don’t flag posts, but I delete comments if they offend people, or are fanatic, plain mean, or overly religious and of course if bloggers only comment to link to their own blog or try to sell something.
Not sure if which category you fell or if I even deleted your comment and/or when.
I am sure it’s not relevant to you or me in the end.
I’ll comment later 😂 Just kidding. Great poem, I know I put stuff off like talking to friends here it is later, and some have passed away. Great reminder that we’re not promised tomorrow
Amen! Amen! I couldn’t have said it better myself! Life nowadays is just so short lived. We never know when we are going to take our last breath. Once we are gone, that’s it. There is no coming back. We must get it right the first time, tell our loved ones we love them, show them we love them. Leave a lasting imprint for them to thrive on while they live until their last days.
Later is often too late… a great poem!
So true Bridget. I am 70. How the heck did that happen? Pushing something off until later is no longer an option. Have a nice evening. Allan
Why would I have to fear a judgment day if I live my life right.
Do you really think a god or gods will judge human beings by the amount of prayers, or if they read the bible enough. Don’t you think other things like helping, sharing, loving and forgiving might count more?
Look in the history of man kind. So much death and so much violence in the name of gods, so much kindness without them.
Why do people like you throw the book at people like me. Are you afraid you might be the one wasting your life away dreaming of an afterlife that nobody can proof?
Close the good old book and go and work in a homeless shelter or better, take a homeless person in and wash his or her feet. Then you won’t have to worry either. 🙂
Yes, so true 🤗🩷
Thank you.
A good reminder that the scales of earlier/now/later are so very easily overbalanced.
I just got word that a young man, who I knew and liked, passed away unexpectedly. Only 33 years old. The were mushroom collecting in a nearby forest when he had a heart attack. I makes you think.
This is perfect. I will be sharing. Thanks.
Thank you, Darlene.
I so agree with this. Brilliantly penned, Bridget. 🩷🌷🌺
Thank you, Kymber.
Procrastiation is like an Albatross around one’s neck. Great message, Bridget. 🙂
I am -or have been- the queen of procrastination until I read a book, “The Procrastination Equation,” Wowzer, what an eye opener. Someone had been looking over my shoulder. 🙂