The School of Life

Granny here,

Well, I thought I was out of school many moons ago but I tell you I learn something new every single day.  Can't say I have a favorite teacher either here in the school of life, there are many to say the least. Some of them are gentle with their lesson and some just let me have it right out of left field with no warning.

But no matter how the lesson is handed to me I never fail to learn something that either makes me a better person or makes life a better teacher and sometimes both.

Lost an old acquaintance this week, killed in an automobile accident, I had not seen her in many years since time and space had separated us. She was only 65 and in today's standards that's not old at all. She was the mother of 5 children and I know they are heart broken tonight but I know one that will comfort them as no other can and that is God. He's always right on time with His comfort and mercy.

Lessons are all around us and I can see by the lost of a friend that life is not sure for any of us and our next breathe could be our last. The lesson of loss is a hard one to accept but it is one that comes to us all. But the real lesson here is that we should cherish those we have in our lives because giving of ourselves is a small price to pay for the friendship of another person or the love of our family. Oh, how short life is but the sad lesson learned here is that we learn this far too late in life. By the time that we realize how short life really is we are about to shut the door on our own.

As we have all learned life is shorter for some than others and what decides that is known only to Him who gave us life in the beginning. Some lives are cut short by their own doing and others never had a life to begin with and then some of us are blessed beyond what we deserve but that is all God's business and He is to be praised for whatever He chooses for each of us.

When we think about it we are in school everyday being taught by things we see, things we hear, people we talk to, books we read, movies we watch. We think that we are our own teacher, we learn what we want to but that is so far from the truth. Take a small baby, we think, oh, he's too young to understand but think again friend, he is learning with every smile you give him, with every bite you put in his mouth. He is learning from every word that you as his parents say either to him or to each other. He is learning that you love him or you don't, that you love each other or you don't, he is learning how he should act by what he sees you do or not do. He learns by watching how you treat others around you, he learns by what you allow him to listen too, to watch on television, the games you allow him to play, by the examples set before him. He learns from friends, neighbors, schoolmates, teachers, all of these people are his teachers giving him bits of wisdom, molding him into that person that will one day bloom into an adult.

Yes, we all are in school everyday of our lives, do we choose to learn those things that make us a better person so that will be an asset to our society or have we learned those things that will make us a burden on our fellowman. Think it over friend and you will see that there has been more teachers in your school of life than just the one standing in your classroom.

Life, what a classroom, bigger than anything contained in a building and with so many lessons to be learned no wonder life seems so short. But in this school God gives the report card and when it is handed to you no grade can be improved, it's too late so use your study time wisely.

Granny here, just saying!