I envy the octopus.....

Are you ever pulled in so many directions that you don't know whether you are coming or going, or been there and come back?  It happens to most of us as we have many relationships in which to maintain, Father, Mother,Son, Daughter, Grandmother, Grandfather, Friend, Coworker, Boss and on and on. The one thing that is a constant in all those relationships is that they require our time and attention in some way.  If your children are little, your parent or spouse is sick, your job is stressful, or a family member is alone, or many other things that make up life,  we find these people need more of our time.  What we forget sometimes is that the other people who are in our lives, need us to maintain our relationships with them if even in a small way.  A quick note, I love you or a thank you can go along way in letting them know " you are important to me."   I have found myself in the situation of going to long without contact and missing out on being needed or being needy without the value of that relationship that could have helped us both.  People can't be replaced but we tend to treat them as if they can, and I think that is really sad.  When someone needs me and I am feeling that I can't for whatever reason, I have started asking myself if they were gone from this world tomorrow, would I be OK with the last contact we had?  What am I doing that is more important than they are?  After I ask myself those questions my final reminder is this-remember to enjoy this person and your time together, DO NOT let the pace of life cause you to miss out on the joy that comes from good and bad times with people you care about.  So as my last note, I envy the octopus because they have many arms in which to reach out and have contact with the people in their life all at once... constant contact........of course the down side is we would all have to be underwater.  Always ask yourself is the glass  Half Full or Half Empty... Always answer Half Full!!