DO NOT COUNT THE DAYS OF YOUR DEMENTIA

LIVE EACH DAY AS IT COMES AND AS IF IT WERE YOUR LAST. FILL YOUR LUNGS WITH ALL THE JOY THAT YOU CAN FIND. SEE THE BIRD AS HE FLASHES ACROSS THE SKY TO WHO KNOWS WHERE. DO NOT ENVY HIM THE ADVENTURE OF HIS JOURNEY TO A WARMER LAND. GLORY IN HIS BEING AND LET HIM GO WITH YOUR BLESSINGS LOOK TO THE WINTER FLOWERS, WHITE AS SNOW, THEIR PRESENCE IS THEIR GIFT TO YOU. TODAY THE SKY IS BLUE AND THE MOUNTAINS CLEAR; THE HORIZONS OF THEIR PEAKS ARE KISSED WITH MIST THAT SHIMMERS, FOR THE SUN WITH HIS HOT BREATH IS BREATHING THEM AWAY. SOON WILL COME THE BIG RAINS AND THE BURG WILL ROAR AND GURGLE AND OVERFLOW THE BANKS. THE WATER BROWN AND SWIRLING IN ITS ANGRY AND MAD DASH TOWARDS THE SEA. BUT YOU HAVE TODAY, SO FULL OF EVERYTHING. BE HOPEFUL THAT YOUR JOURNEY WILL BE A GENTLE ONE, BUT WASTE NOT YOUR TIME IN FEARFUL WONDERINGS. YOUR PATH WILL BE WHAT IT WILL BE AND YOU WILL FIND THE STRENGTH TO CONTINUE, WITH A SMILE UPON YOUR LIPS AND A SONG IN YOUR HEART. AND DON'T FORGET TO HAVE A WORD OR TWO WITH GOD, AND THANK HIM AND DO NOT BE AFRAID TO ASK FOR THE DESIRES OF YOUR HEART; FOR HE IS ONLY A SILVER CORD AWAY, THAT LINKS YOU FROM THIS WORLD TO THE NEXT. A FLASH OF LIGHT IN TIME. BE PATIENT IN YOUR WAITING TO SEE HIS WONDERS' AND LIVE EACH DAY AS IF IT IS OUR LAST; LOOK FOR EVERY TINY BLESSING THAT HE SENDS YOU. REMEMBER TO LOVE YOURSELF AND OTHERS AND ALSO TO LOVE EACH AND EVERY DAY ITSELF. DAVID BARNATO. PAARL SOUTH AFRICA