D is for The Dash between Dawn and Dusk

Day 4 of Blogging from A to Z – Today’s Letter is D

Too often, we dash between dawn and dusk barely noticing the miracles, large and small, strewn like gems throughout our days.

I recently read an article in which the writer said ‘live your dash’. What I wondered did that mean. She went on to explain that as she wandered through a cemetery one day, she noticed that beneath each name there were two dates with a small dash between them.

I never thought about that – a lifetime reduced to a birth date and a death date separated by a small dash.

I know people who plod through their days for whom that dash is far too large. I know people who dash through their days and never notice the day’s bounty. And I know people for whom that dash is far too small to encompass the life they live.