9.10 Please Give Me My Flowers

 I recall a song from my youth that encouraged me to maximize giving to persons who I loved while we were both still alive and able to give/receive personal gifts.   The song's theme was: "Give me my flowers while I am living so I can enjoy them while I can. Please do not wait until I am in my casket to slip some lilies into my hands."   We have the choice to give loved ones gifts that they value more than flowers at their future funeral.  Can we make the transition to give the gift of our "flowers" while a loved one is alive to enjoy them?  Have we given the gift of our presence by visiting for lunch or sharing a trip?  Have we made a gift of our time with a phone call? The time to choose the spending of our time currency for 'flower gifts' by how and what we give to loved ones is today!   Yesterday is gone.  Tomorrow may or may not arrive for any one of us.