Today I heard a pretty awesome story that introduced me to an interesting perspective on "special occasions."
There was once a woman who died at the young age of 25. Her fiancee was devastated but wanted to be a part of the funeral preparations. The woman's sister asked him to go to the woman's bedroom to select a dress for her to be buried in. The man went to the closet and started looking through the dresses hanging there. He came across a beautiful silk dress and noticed that the price tag was still attached. Stunned at the price, he removed it from the closet and placed it on the bed. As he ran his fingers across the soft material, he noticed a note pinned to it that read, "For special occasions only."
He realized that his fiancee had never had a chance to wear this gorgeous dress that she had spent a small fortune on because she was waiting for the perfect moment to wear it.
When the woman's sister returned to the room, he angrily slammed the closet door closed and said, "Don't EVER save things for special occasions."
Despite our intentions to save things for special times in our life, those special times may never come...or they may come when it's too late for us to thoroughly enjoy them. It's important to realize that every moment we're alive is a special occasion.
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