Bring Me Flowers

'Bring me flowers
Beautiful flowers
Bring them whilst I can still admire them
Bring it whilst  I can still inhale it's  sweet  fragrance 
Bring me flowers  when I can still say thank you
Remember  to bring  me flowers.'

             ~Bring Me Flowers ~  PPG

The other day, I decided to ignore  one of my friends. She is one of those people  who sent you messages  whether you  replied  or not. Her messages  came through  as early  as 5 am in the mornings  and for me, that isn't  an appropriate  time to be texting people . Yes, that's  when my body is getting  ready to wake up by the sound of my alarm at 5. 10. What's   the   point, I  have  to rise up and get ready to leave home thus, I have  no time for replying  messages. It isn't  part of my rising hour routine.

Usually  I  would reply  later in the day either with a thank you or a comment  supporting the message. Lately, for five  or so months, I  have  become  annoying  as described  by most  people. I would  read and not respond or acknowledge  receipt. It was not deliberate  it's  just that life got really busy I could barely  indulge  in little  things. I even  prefer quick calls to texting but again  people  would  not understand. This has often been  mistaken for arrogance  or just deliberately  ignoring  people. I knew  I was going to  be losing friends in the end but believe  me,  I just did not  have   time. I began  to  understand  someone  who prior to this  time told me he only responded to the ones he thought  were important. I lost touch with  the  world, I  was just not reading anything  outside  my area of focus.

This morning, that same friend sent   a text and this  time, I  read it but ignored  her.  Then, I saw lots of messages  on a particular  page  I belonged to.  I noticed  the word 'condolences ran through  most of the  messages  ...' so I got curious and opened it. My friend  had lost her Dad this morning, same time she had been  texting her motivational  message  to me for the  day. People  on our   page were sending  in their messages  of condolences. Oh wow! Where did that leave me? What did that say about me?

I'm thinking, this is how we take  people : family  and friends  for granted. By not responding to them promptly , extending a helping  hand when we have  to or generally  just being  there for them. We are obviously  busy with our lives, trying  to  achieve  our goals and leaving  out the aspect  where we need  to  work  on most. Everyone needs someone. You do and I  do too.  Why wait to send flowers  after they aren't  here when  we can send flowers now. Sending  people  flowers  when they are dead, or sending  flowers  to their family isn't  bad but do we  really have  to wait till they are dead to send them flowers? When we can send them now?

Dear you, my prayers and thoughts  are with you.
My sincere  condolences xx

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