What Will The World Read About Us?

By Michele L. Tune

Our lives are a book so, what are we writing? What does our "book" say about us? Are we "writing" aPage-turner, or do we make "readers" want to slam our book shut? Think about it...

Our lives are like books. Our actions, words, expressions and convictions are read by others. Do we smile when we pass someone? Do we growl at people? Do we say "thank you", "please", and "you are welcome?" Or do we just rush off, paying no mind to anyone or anything except making it to our next destination?

Life is a book, this is true, and we each act as an author writing it. How will our book read? What is our index? Who is our book dedicated to? How many pages does our book have? How will it end?

My book is dedicated to those I love most: My index is filled with good and bad chapters, sad and happy chapters, sometimes life-threatening chapters, but overall the roller coaster ride my readers engage in will be one they won't be bored with. In the end, my readers will see that through my mistakes, through all the pain there has been, through battling illness, obesity, domestic violence, and much more, that joy comes in the morning and the light shines so bright.

I know my book will have a lot of pages, too many to count. I have dozens of chapters to still add and anxiously anticipate filling those blank pages with success, inspiration, smiles, love and laughter!

Each day, as I write a new page, I desire to write with all honesty, integrity, emotion, realness, genuine care, and my unique humor. As the author of my "book", I want to be categorized as "Inspirational", "Uplifting", "Different", and "Special."

When my book closes my prayer is this: Dear Lord, thank you for the life you gave that I might live and live it more abundantly. Thank you for carrying me when I felt so alone, just like you said you would. Thank you for touching my life in more ways than I can count. Thank you for showing others through my own trials, that you grant victory. Forgive all my mistakes, and show my readers how far I've come. Let them see that even when I wasn't perfect, I tried hard to always improve. Thank you for a wonderful, loving family. Thank you for friends that I cherish so dear. Thank you for smiles and tears, for all my years. Thank you for making me who I am. Thank you for my special talents and for giving me the courage to use them and share them with the world. Thank you for showing me that my writing dreams aren't as far out of reach as I once thought. And, Lord, when the day comes that you help me write the last sentence of the last chapter, let my readers know that my book isn't out of print. Tell them I'll write the sequel from Heaven.

Michele Tune writes from Doniphan, Missouri. michele@michele-tune.com