Time
The greatest sacrifice
In my own humble opinion
Is time
Time is something that can be given
But never taken back
Once its gone
Its gone for good
There's no rewind
No pause
No stop
There's only play
And so
Time is the most precious gift
That anyone can give
Yet its rarely ever given free
Because we never think we have enough
Not for ourselves
And for others as well
Time is but
A misconstrued concept
Turned into a product
Always highly in demand
But remember...
There's always someone out there
Who needs your time more than you
©CJ
Genesis 22
"Then God said, 'Take your son to the land of Moriah and kill your son there as a sacrifice for me. This must be Isaac, your only son, the one you love. Use him as a burnt offering on one of the mountains there.'"
If your God asked you to burn your own, would you? To my mind, this is the greatest sacrifice to date.
Giving Up, not Giving In
Many people are willing to die for others - mothers for their children, soldiers for their countries. But the ultimate sacrifice, in my opinion, is not dying for something, but rather living for it. It takes true courage to stand your ground and fight for what you believe in. You have to be committed, day in and day out, to face obstacles, stand your ground, and retreat and regroup when necessary. You have to sacrifice your personal desires to instead inspire others and lead them toward your shared goal. But because of your sacrifice, others will have a better future.
Grit.
She looks at me, and I know.
With her cracked hands and crumbling smile, I know what she has lost for me, what she had given up. She speaks to me with softened words and whispering encouragements, edging me on towards success. Her heart has given into the loss of hope for herself, for childish dreams and high school longings. In the shape of triangle sandwiches and towering birthday cakes, she lets me onto her greatest weakness: me.
She looks at me, and I know that her grit was lost within the storms of my childhood.
Sacrificing the endgame
It was not easy saying goodbye, but it was the right thing to do.
She was 20 years younger and I had no right...engaging in this...
this tryst, if you will. Should have known better than to let her get to me.
But it was love that made me do this ... and I did care for her. She was fun and beautiful
and...my God, I just loved the way I felt around her.
She should be with someone her own age, to start a family...to live a life
and grow old with someone, not take care of someone old...
The Undefeated
Going through chronic illness and having the idea of who I would be ripped from my fingers, as they could no longer hold onto those physical dreams any longer, is the hardest thing I've faced. I wanted to die. Living a partial life is hard. I wrote letters, made videos, and decided how. But all those years of never having friends, and then all of a sudden I did. I never wanted to hurt them that way. But I sacrificed what I wanted for the people I love.
I lived.