Please speak with people in your life.
There is no need to impress them with your amazing skills,
there is no need to make them feel proud of you,
there is no need to shower them with your money or your accomplishments.
You don’t have to be the best or extraordinary,
…or possess any supernatural powers.
There’s no need for any tags, medals, certificates, or costly presents.
Your time and a smile,
a simple “How are you doing?”.
That is all that’s required.
Hold their hands and speak to them.
Be there for them.
It’s not small talk.
It’s beyond everything that you could imagine to do.
Why?
Because they will be gone one day.
And every day after that, you wish for just one minute with that person.
One minute.
That’s all it takes.
Fading memories and moments captured in photographs is all I have now, of one of the three most important people in my life,
My father,
My dearest.
Whom and what are you taking for granted today?
