Significance

I was talking with a guy the other day who told me that he was forced to evaluate his entire life by just seeing a skull on a t.v. program. As soon as he told me this, I knew exactly where he was going. Seeing a skull from some anonymous person that died a long time ago is one thing. But then to think that our bodies will one day be insignificant bones ... that is another thing.

That skull represented a person. Someone who had a brain, a family, hopes, and dreams. That skull was once attached to a person just like him. Did the owner of that skull get the most out of life? Did the owner achieve everything that he set out to do and more? Did the owner make any sort of difference in the world?

This is a reminder that our lives are just a short blip in time. 80 years or so (if we are lucky) out of over 6,000 years of recorded history. We have just a small amount of time to make our mark. Make our lives count for something ...