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Not Enough Time

"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in therat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow s the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." Matthew 7:13-14  This is a story of a woman who, for the most part, was good, at least she thought she was. Her story unfolds after being told by two physicians that she has approximately six months to live; seven months, if she were lucky. Their advice to her was to start making funeral arrangements and to get her paperwork in order.  For the sake of names, we will call this woman Adelaide. Adelaide entered her home, plopped on her sofa, and stared at the ceiling. There was nobody to confide in. Adelaide has no friends, family, or will to live. It's not that she never had friends; she just conveniently ran them all away, it was either her way, or the highway. Adelaide had a habit of speaking her mi...