She, like everyone who knew Mr. Shephard, was stunned at his unusual untimely, unexpected death at age 58. It was a shock indeed.
For you see, Mr Shepard ate some raw oysters and within a couple of days, he was gone. He got a man-eating bacteria that ate away at his insides. An horrific death indeed.
Upon hearing of this bizarre turn of events, it made me wonder:
Had he made up with all his family members if there were hard feelings?
Had he told his loved ones he loved them?
Did he have some regrets about his life that he had hoped to change?
Living without regrets is a marvelous idea....but, so few of us can REALLY do it.
However, it is a noble and satisfying goal;
To live so that we don't offend anyone, don't harm others with our careless words, be unfair, get angry, say stupid things, left unsaid what we should have said....
We can make things right - if we have TIME. If we don't drop dead of an untimely death.
And, there's the rub. Who would ever expect to die of eating a rather common food...
So, the point is obvious.
We must try to live every day - without regrets.
Without being negative or hurtful or angry. Because, then we truly can, RestInPeace!
Oh, yes, that is a noble goal indeed.
I'll try harder to live life without regrets.
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