The Dash - Locution - 143

 

 Hello friends!

  This week's episode was a series of trips down the rabbit hole. It is really hard to keep my co-host, Cindy, on topic for more than a few minutes but that is one of the reasons that I love her. She's smart, funny, and well rounded. All of those qualities are important for the person that is just a pillow away in our lives. 

 There are so many that have told us that they have heard of a poem called "The Dash" by Linda Ellis but usually at a funeral of a friend or loved one. Cindy and I are inspired by what the poem can teach us about living and included it in this week's episode because it gave us pause to think about the last 30+ years that we have spent together. 




Here is the poem - 

I read of a man who stood to speak at a funeral of a friend.  He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning…to the end.

He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke of the following date with tears but said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time they spent alive on earth and now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own, the cars…the house…the cash.  What matters is how we lived and loved and how we spend our dash.

So, think about this long and hard; are there things you’d like to change?  For you never know how much time is left that still can be rearranged.

To be less quick to anger and show appreciation more and love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile…remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.

So, when your eulogy is being read, with your life’s actions to rehash, would you be proud of the things they say about how you lived your dash?

 Thank you to everyone that reached out to us after listening to this podcast. We loved hearing about how you were inspired by The Dash!

 Thank you to everyone for helping to spread the word about our podcast. Thanks to you we achieved over 200 downloads within the first month of podcasting. Yes, we are still babies in this world but we are learning quickly and are working out our "bugs" as soon as we figure out what they are!

 Also, some really exciting news to share! One of my dreams for this podcast was for us to be successful enough to be able to secure a sponsor or two. A little side hustle money if you will. Well, we did just that this week! We landed the one product company that I thought would be the coolest to have sponsoring our podcast - MyPillow. Do you know of this product? Mike Lindell the guy that sells pillows on TV. His NIL is everywhere! Anyway we are now paid affiliates of his and have been given our own discount code for products on the MyPillow website;


The MyPillow website - https://www.mypillow.com/davecindy

Our own landing page - https://mystore.com/davecindy

Our own 800# - 800-643-4998

 This has been a very humbling dash so far and we are grateful to all of you that are listening, sharing, and helping to promote our podcast.






Love the one you're with!



Dave/Cindy


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