Kanye West said it best in his song, Big Brother, "If you admire somebody, go on head tell em, people never get their flowers while they can still smell em."

So... I am askin us all to give out our flowers fresh, while people can still smell them.

This year I have been reminded time and time again about how short life really is, how tomorrow is truly never guarenteed. See, so many times as people we are worried abotu our future, where we will be in 5 years, 10 years, what our career nad life will look like when our hair turns grey. It is very important to plan and prepare for the future, but not so much so that you forget about the present.

See the present is where everything happens. I have been working on becoming more of who I want to be, and creating my purpose in life. I learned that purpose is a daily thing, everyone has the purpose to be a daily blessing unto others (and I dont mean this in the christian sense..at all). Every day that we are alive, we should be abel to make change in the lives of those that are around us, and we should work on making lasting change for our furture and the future of our children (think of the next 7 generations).

So I challenge each of us to give out fresh flowers...appreciate people in the present. Tell your best friend how much they mean to you, tell your co-worker how hard they work each day, tell your mother you love her fro bringing you to this world. Let people know what you think of them, and be honest. When you are open enough to do that to others, you will start to hear more about yourself. What you give you will recieve back.

So again, this is the second blog I ever wrote and I am no expert in writing, but I thought I would share my outlook and thoughts on life with a community that I belong to; Young People For.

So thank each of you for being part of this community with me, I do not know each one individually, but I know that we all have our own stories and we are each amazin in our own way, for our own reason.

Tell people around you who you are, who you want to be, and believe in yourself, share your love and appreciation, and don't be afraid to be honest.

So, stop giving the dead fresh flowers, because it is too late, dont wait until someone is lying in a casket or a death certificate is presented to you, for you to appreciate them and who they were to you.

I hope that this was able to touch, inspire or at the very least make sense to one person...

Much Love,

Corina McCarthy-Fadel

Lute Juntos...Struggle Together