Three years from now, some of you will look back and admit that you spent an entire year of your life wearing a mask, cooped up in your house, and avoiding all the people you love. A year in your life that you’ll never get back.

I am not saying this virus isn’t real, or that there aren’t people that have been really affected. If you’re at risk, take precautions, stay home when sick, absolutely.

But remember that every single day is a risk and always will be. Car accidents, heart attacks, flu, whatever – our days are numbered from the moment we took our first breath. Life isn’t a race where we win against the inevitable. That has not changed since the beginning of time. BUT, we should not be forced to live in fear. We went from being a free nation to being told we:

couldn’t go to church couldn’t go to school couldn’t go to our grandma's house couldn’t pay respects at a funeral couldn’t leave our homes couldn't visit loved ones in nursing homes and hospitals

And when we were allowed to do these things, we were told:

how long we could be there how far apart we have to be which direction to walk what to wear what we can buy/not buy where we could shop/not shop whether we could sing/worship/take communion what time we had to be home

All because of fear, and the conditioning and brainwashing spewed forth from the "health experts" and news media, and a promise of safety which gives a false sense of security. And the American people swallowed it up with gullible eagerness, and others (such as myself) are being forced to swallow it against their will.

Yes, our health matters. But you know what else matters?

Family Friends Church School Baseball games Family vacations Neighborhood BBQs Fitness Hugs LIFE.

One day, you’ll hug your grandma, mom, dad, or brother for the last time. One day, your best friend will cry on your shoulder for the last time. One day, your child will play their last game. One day, they’ll have their last day of school. One day, you’ll spend your last day laughing with a loved one. One day, you’ll dance your last dance. Don’t waste the days you have by living in fear. RISE UP AND RECLAIM YOUR LIFE – IT BELONGS TO YOU. Your time here on earth matters. Live your life while you have the chance. God is going to call you home when it’s your time. Virus or no virus.