The Secret to Successfully Questioning Expiration Dates.

    Everything has an expiration date, but how do you trust it? If a food product is frozen or canned what makes it go bad eventually if it is in the same state it has always been? Does it just become stale and uneatable? 

     There is something to be said about food that can last several years in the freezer or in a can and taste the same as it did the day it went in. I find it amazing that it can still maintain its flavor after so long of being locked away or frozen. Are we lucky to have such great assets as "hot pockets" and "pork 'n beans?" I don't know but is sure is nice. 

     Speaking of expiration dates, have you thought of yours? I was thinking today about how we are all given a chance, regardless of our beliefs, to leave this earth with an indelible impression. I know there is no way we are all just randomly here on earth by some cosmic accident billions of years ago; but even if we are should that stop us from living a life of purpose? If you had an expiration date stamped on your forehead and you knew that when that day came you were to be tossed out with the dirty diapers wouldn't you try to make the most of it, or would you live it selfishly? If we are all here because certain gases formed together to bring life then we are all just meaningless blobs of skin and bones wandering this earth aimlessly without purpose or cause. But I think if that were true then all the amazing people who have left such huge legacies behind for others to celebrate would have been forgotten. The memories of those who have dwelt among us and made huge impact on our lives would not be so meaningful after all. We should all live with a sense of purpose and a sense of "expiration" because regardless of what you believe, somewhere out there in the near future is an expiration date. Do you want to be just the next hot pocket that sat in the freezer too long and never got to see its true purpose in life fulfilled? Or do you want to be that delectable lunch time satisfaction for some individual trying to make it thorough to the next day? 

     I think we should all question our own expiration date and make sure that when it comes we did our very best to be meaningful in our actions and impacting in our relationships. I think part of being successful in life is to make sure we don't get freezer burn from leaving our hearts hidden away to become cold and bitter. Don't let your life get spoiled in the pantry because you couldn't find the can opener. We are not just walking, talking, breathing, bacteria. You can make that difference that so many others before you have made in the past; you can make a lasting impact on the loved ones and friends that surround you. 

The Secret to Successfully questioning an expiration date is to live each day like we're all just one step away from being tossed out, and start trying to life a life that matters.

"so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." Isaiah 55:11