I was just thinking that I’ve heard the word “last” a lot lately. Some of it, of course, is because one year was ending and another starting. I heard people say this is the last time I’ll have to do so-and-so this year… things like that.
But anyhow, I got to thinking — last is a pretty important word in our language and we probably all use it more than we think. I always listen to the radio in my car when I’m driving and I’ve noticed “last” is a pretty popular word with song writers. I remember one of our favorite songs was “I Won’t Last A Day Without you” by the Carpenters. But there are tons of others, like: Last Dance, Save The Last Dance For Me, One Last Time, You’re The First, The Last, My Everything, Our Last Summer, Last Thing On My Mind, and lots and lots more.
And it’s a part of our everyday language — we’ve all heard, “take a picture, it’ll last longer” when someone is staring and no one wants to come in dead last and the last supper sounds ominous.
Everyone knows that nice guys finish last and a lot of us wait until the last minute to get things done and when someone buys something expensive or splurges on something we say he’s the last of the big spenders.
And it’s always nice to have the last laugh and we all know that he who laughs last laughs best. Some people think it’s important to get the last word and when we finally accomplish something, it’s so nice to sigh and say — at last! And then there’s always that last chance or last hurrah and of course there’s the last out. But don’t forget those famous last words — “if it’s the last thing I do.”
And last but not least, if you read the Bible, Matthew 20:16 says, “So the last will be first, and first will be last.”
By now, I know some of you are hoping this will be my last post, but I leave you with this: Live every day as if it were your last, because one of these days, it will be.
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