Thinking of what you’ve done so far in this lifetime, are you happy with how you’ve lived your dash? Let me know in the comments. Start living your life for today, and let this poem remind you to live, to love, and to make the most of your dash. This is why it’s critical to live every day like it could be our last because we never know when that final day will come. The unfortunate part is not knowing how many we have left. We have a certain amount of sunrises and sunsets. Cherish every minute you have with your loved ones, be kind to others, and give back when you can. Take time to realize how many things in your life you have that you are thankful for. Sometimes we forget to be gratefulfor what we have in life: our family, our friends, our health. Often these simple things are right in front of our eyes - the laugh of our children, time spent with friends, or a sunrise or sunset. The dash is how you make a difference for yourself and the world from the beginning to the end.Īs a whole, people need to step back and appreciate the simple things in life that bring us happiness and joy. It encompasses everything about you, who you are, who you loved, and who loved you. What matters is what’s in between those dates - the dash. Those two days are the shortest days of your entire life. When you die, there are two dates on your tombstone, the date you were born and the date you died. Calls were coming in from all over about Lindas’ poem. The on-air personality read the poem on the air, and it became an instant hit. 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. She took a copy of the finished poem and on a lark faxed it (yes, that’s right she faxed it) to a syndicated Atlanta radio show. Long ³ Threescore and ten Psalms 90:10 & 12 The days of our years are threescore years and ten and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. So Linda decided to sit down and put paper to pen (this was 1996 after all), and she wrote The Dash. Linda thought to herself, “This is it? This is all we get?” To Linda, there were too many people trying to make a living and not enough people trying to make a life. A strict work environment where everyone was always on edge. The story goes that Linda was working in corporate America at a big corporation under conditions that most of us can identify with. I’m not sure what rock I’ve been living under, but it took me until today to discover this thought-provoking yet straightforward poem. He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginningto the end. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. I read of a man who stood to speak at a funeral of a friend. In 1996 Linda Ellis wrote a poem called The Dash. The Dash poem for Sidewalk.pdf - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free.
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