Tick, Tick .. Boom (not Boom ... Tick Tick)!

We need to sometimes take a candid look around us and realise that we should and can be grateful, as we go about our days, for the blessing of protection and safety.  Sometimes we may be oblivious to how close to danger we get and not just physical, but also emotional and spiritual.  We may sometimes be considered as pessimistic, or realistic, as I like to call it, if we say "what if this were to happen" or "but think about the consequences", but  really, if we look at all that goes on around us, I think we would see more of it as a reality check, for making sure we are ready for whatever life may throw at us.  It may be that you reach a ripe old age and I am not saying that you should live in a cocoon all your life and over a life time, not take any risks, but I am not always sure how close we get to imminent danger and why I think that life should be lived with happiness and fruitfulness as a priority.  We can always place a million reasons forward for why things won't succeed, or make excuses for potential consequences, but around the corner but we could be hit by a bus.  So we should perhaps spend more time on the living and enjoying the moment and less time planning every detail of our lives to the endth degree, while all around us potential opportunities exist. Reality checks in with us every now and then and when it does we can only pray that we are spared from hurt and pain and given more chances to live out happiness.  There is little point in holding back for another day, so raise your eyes and thoughts to what surrounds you and make today count.