The Dash in Life

So many of us have heard the poem about The Dash in Life.. here's that same poem set to music and pictures.. it's very moving.. and I hope will help you to stop and Be Still today and consider God and the life he's given each of us....

Dedicated to Judee Pepper With All My Love

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The Dash In Life

And here are the words:

The Dash by Linda Ellis




There was a man who stood to speak

At the funeral of a friend

He referred to the dates on her tombstone

From the beginning to the end



He noted that first came her date of her birth

And spoke the following date with tears

But he said what mattered most of all

Was the dash between those years



For that dash stands for all the time

That she spent alive on earth.

And now only those who loved her

Know what that little line is worth.



For it matters not how much we own;

The cars the house the cash

What matters is how we live and love

And how we spend our dash.



So think about this long and hard.

Are there things you'd like to change?

For you never know how much time is left

That can still be rearranged.



If we could just slow down enough

To consider what's true and real

And always try to understand

The way other people feel.




We'd be less quick to anger

And show appreciation more

And love the people in our lives

Like we've never loved before.



If we treat each other with respect

And more often wear a smile

Remembering that this special dash

Might only last a while.



So when your eulogy is being read

With your life’s actions to rehash

Would you be proud of the things they say

About how you spent your dash?



Cuz that dash stands for all the time

That you spent alive on earth

And only those who loved you

Know what that little line is worth