"Until then" written by Tim H Mills: 'Thanks-giving' for health

Thursday, November 6, 2014

'Thanks-giving' for health

If the question were asked what are you most thankful for your answer might be like that of many, health. Health is one of those answers many people will give when sharing a bout things they are grateful for, or thankful to have. Health, if you have it, could also be easily overlooked. The old saying 'you never miss it until you don't have it' is true of countless topics and our individual health more especially is enjoyed without question until we find our physical body not able to keep up with demands. The happiest day in life could be the day we had been preparing to hear the word cancer and the doctor shares almost any word other than cancer! You thought you were having a heart attack, but you quickly learned that stress is really nasty and you had no idea it causes the body to malfunction in so many ways. When faced with and prepared for the worse news, any report other than the worst news becomes good news. Failing health is a topic we haver reserved for aged individuals. We don't handle very well the youngest among us having to face serious medical challenges, especially when there are no answers. We like quick medical fixes, we like speedy recoveries and we like for a shot or a prescription to take care of any ills we might have. A difficult lesson to learn in life is that things do not always go the way we've planned. If your age is up in your years you will understand finding a grateful attitude for health and a thankfulness for your personal health without any problems. For the youthful reader I might suggest some volunteering possibly at a nursing home, working with the senior citizens at your church, volunteering during the holiday season to develop a greater appreciation for health. I believe each of us should find a long streak of reasons to be thankful for health. Good health and bad health. There are many great teaching lesions from both and for the grateful and thankful person, I believe we will see their attitude as an inspiration and an encouragement no matter the situation. Until then

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A little bit about Tim

Born in Warren, Michigan, Tim came to Kentucky when his parents returned to their roots in Southeastern Kentucky. He clearly calls the mountains home today. Tim is a licensed and ordained Minister of the Gospel and he currently serves the First Presbyterian Church in Harlan, Kentucky. He began writing a newspaper column in 1979. That column was called "Smoke Signals" and it was written for the Bell County Volunteer Fire Department when he was their Public Relations Officer. That newspaper column transitioned from those years into "Until then". Today the column is published in the Pineville Sun Courier, Middlesboro Daily News, the Mountain Advocate, Harlan Daily Enterprise and the Clairbone Progress.

Welcome to "Until then"

There are things that you just want to get accomplished in life that seem to take forever.
I began writing back in 1979, and while there are newspaper copies of those articles plublished back then in the Pineville Sun, (mainly in my mother's scrapbook of my clippins) I have never taken the time to scan those to attempt to record them in another form.
When I began writing it was the old fashon typewriter that was my best friend. This site was established to allow for sharing of my column through social media outlets and to serve as a respository for personal historical records, research of thoughts for others and public acknowledgement of people, places, events experienced through life.
The greatest hope and idea is that from this collection my family and friends will find this site as a way to remember my efforts to impact my world with the talents and energies that God has given me. Wal Whitman wrote in Leaves of Grass, the question and the answer: "What good among these oh me, oh life? That you are here. That you exist and have idenity and the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse".
My prayer is that my verse will be a value cherished as I have given my best toward that effort.

Tim Hobart Mills