WHAT IS LOVE WORTH TO YOU?
Most would agree that you can not put a price tag on "love."
Have you however, stopped recently to consider the "value of love"
in your life?
I lost my father almost 7 years ago.
I don't like math , but if I did the math on every dollar he spend raising me,
then lending me (when I couldn't pay back),
then free advice that saved me money and heartache,
it would take more dollars than I could count to "pay him back."
Fortunately for those I love....I never "do the math"
when it comes to the value I place on relationships and love.
Though my father is gone...it feels strange to say...I still feel loved by him.
The value of our relationship was not measured in numbers or dollars
...but with the the times he sacrificed so that I could have.
The love I felt from my father was evaluated by watching him
go out into the cold every morning to work outside on buildings
high in the Atlantic city sky.
I still remember how small I felt as I watched him leave
before I left for school and prayed he would not fall to his death
as some others had doing carpentry work in AC.
My father was a giving man.
He never ever gave me the impression
that what he was doing was special or that I owed him.
My father would sit me down and tell me stuff
I could not begin to understand as a teen, as a twenty
or thirty something. However, he had faith in me to grow
and develop and I would eventually “get it.”
So there's no price I can place on his telling me
to "always have a nice dark suit...that will never go out of style"
...or "you need to listen to some Johnny Mathis."
I would not take a Fort Knox room of tax free gold
in exchange for the stories my father shared
of when my he was my age.
I do however, know that these experiences we shared
...the love...is incredibly valuable.
I was lucky because
I was able to tell him when he was here
and I need not wait until he died
to appreciate the love he gave me and to give him love back.
Although every time I meet someone that Raymond Tyler Sr
. also touched with his giving spirit...
I realize I value those times together more each day.
I am a blessed man because my father is one
of many tremendous people I have met on life's journey.
I have a wealth of friends and family and
some colleagues who make me very very rich.
So...Have you thought this morning about what love is worth to YOU?
Have you looked at the laughs, the trips, the ups, the downs,
the sideways, the sacrifices, the straight up gifts,
the hugs, the kisses,
the times “they told you you weren’t all that”,
the memories you get and give through the process of loving?
Don't count the dollars but consider the value...
and I bet your Monday will be pretty special.
Always Make Room For Love,
Raymond.
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