thoughts on the news of the day: stamps

hmmm…..

            “Forever” is a long, long time.  Beginning in February, a spokesman for the Postal Service told the Associated Press that all new postal stamps will be “forever” stamps. This will eliminate the need to add 1 or 2 cent stamps when the postal rates increase. In other words, all first class stamps from now on can be used for letters. Stamps will not even have prices on them anymore.

            Forever is a long, long time.  When I say the Lord’s Prayer, at the end I always say “forever and ever.  Amen.”  I think it’s a southern thing.  A member of my prayer group points out that she began saying it after she started praying with me on Thursday mornings.  She is from up north and I guess they just say “forever. Amen.”  But either way you say it “forever” is a long time.

            Then there’s the BFF abbreviation that’s been around for a while.  Do we really have Best Friends Forever? Really?  Actually I do have a BFF. She lives in Washington State, and we have been friends since kindergarten. To my daughter that is forever.

            I think we should be careful about how we use the term “forever”.  It really is longer than a long, long time – it is, well, forever.  Unending. Eternal. Perpetual. Timeless. 

            Maybe the only thing that is really “forever” is Love.  Maybe all the postal stamps should say “Love.”  Maybe that would make sense.

            hmmm…..