Dash

The preacher who came to the fire department to do our Sunday school service last Sunday, said something that made me think. In reference to seeing a date of birth and a date of death on a tombstone, the only real thing that sums that person up is the dash between the two dates. Everything about who we are, how we acted, who we impacted is all based upon the dash. The dash, when done appropriately, makes the two dates surrounding it seem inconsequential. They were merely borders for the dash. Anyway, just a different view on things that I appreciated.