Most tombstones have engraved in the stone a person’s birthday and the day they passed away. In between these dates is a dash. All  that was ever accomplished and experienced by that person is  represented by that dash. Every thought , every word, every emotion,  every act, every pain, every joy, every everything all occurred while  living in that dash.
 

It has been said that you can’t control when or where you were born : or for the most part when and where you will die. However, you can determine your life in between. The in- between is the dash. The dash is a journey, your life.