I wish so badly there was such a thing as a rewind button in life.

If we could rewind and live life a little more fully.

If we could tell the people we love just how much they mean to us a little more thoroughly.

If we could sit still and listen a little more intently.

If we could dream a little bigger and fearlessly.

I wish there were a rewind button to take back all the negative thoughts or words we had about people. To give them a better chance to be loved and understood.

I wish there were a pause button in life…

I wish there were a pause button to take in all the moments that seem too good to be true, to relish them a little longer to sit with the feelings of peace and accomplishment of times of inner success.

I wish there were a pause button to allow myself to look in from a different perspective and tell myself, “everything will all be ok”, to be more gentle on myself and to those around me. To sit with uncertainty patiently.

I wish there were a pause button to laugh more and be irritated less.

To sink into those moments of love or joy that seem to disappear too quickly.

I wish there were a pause button to feel the tiny soft hands and cheeks of my babies as I held them in my arms. To snuggle them longer and closer. To relish their sweet scent that only babies have.

Rewind…

I wish there was a rewind button so I could tell my Dad how much I love him again.

I wish I could tell him every time I see a beautiful sunset I think of him and miss him.

I wish I could tell him, “thank you”, for so many reasons.

To tell him I wish I had sat and listened more.

To tell him I need him… still.

To tell him he made my life so full.

A Live Now button...

I’m glad there is a Live Now button in life, that gives me an opportunity to be better one moment at a time.

To start each day with a new chance to love and be loved.

To relish this life and help others relish theirs too.

To appreciate the hard times because they only make the good ones sweeter.