What's the value of a moment?

Valuing time, having family die and cherishing moments
May 1, 2024
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What’s the value of a moment:

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What’s the value of a moment?

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A penny?

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A billion dollars?

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How about priceless?

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Moments are fleeting.

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Here now.

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Gone in an instant.

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Some moments we remember forever.

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Others we forget as soon as they’re gone.

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But those moments with friends and family.

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Those we remember for a long time.

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We take those to our grave.

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Those moments stick with you forever.

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Especially when those people are gone.

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Here today.

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Gone tomorrow.

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Like all of us.

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It’s hardest when it happens young.

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When you lose a parent.

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Or an uncle.

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Or a cousin.

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Someone who was in your life.

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Who was always there.

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Now, they’re no longer here.

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What moments do you remember about them?

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All of them.

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When they smiled.


When they laughed.

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When you were driving in the car talking about alcohol.

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Or when you partied at an investor event you didn’t know you were both attending.

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Those are the moments that stick with you forever.

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The ones you don’t forget.

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Especially when they’re gone.

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Cherish those moments.

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The ones with those you love.

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You never know when things can change.

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I thought I’d grow old with my older cousin.

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My role model.

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Yet cancer took his life at 33.

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We don’t have a tomorrow.

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We only have a now.

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So don’t waste that time.

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Don’t waste those moments.

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How valuable are those moments?

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Priceless.

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'Keep Going You're Doing Great'

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