I want to live. I want to live life with joy and happiness, a better version of myself.
Thank you for the idea with the photos as we transition from the past to the present to the future, always hoping to be a better version of myself but that is not always the case.
Thank you for giving me so much to think about Joel.
I like the Buddhist formulation that says...You are of the nature to grow old; you are of the nature to become ill; you are of the nature to die. It takes the surprise out of it. It asks us to meet the truth of mortality. Everyone you have ever known, unless they are here with you now, has already died and entered another dispensation - whatever you believe that to be. It will be the same for me and the same for you and for everyone you see on the street. To my way of thinking, it's not that I have to make sure I do everything before it's too late. It's that there is no too late. Life and death are all of a piece
I feel this intuitively. It doesn't change with circumstances like the recent death of a dear friend. Also...it's not about heaven for me. It's just a stream that flows along.
Wholeheartedly agree. The eternal isn't some distant thing, in my mind. It's here and now. We were created to live in this moment just as fully as any afterlife we can imagine. Too much worrying about what happens "after" devalues all the wonderful, bittersweet things happening now.
I want to live. I want to live life with joy and happiness, a better version of myself.
Thank you for the idea with the photos as we transition from the past to the present to the future, always hoping to be a better version of myself but that is not always the case.
Thank you for giving me so much to think about Joel.
I like the Buddhist formulation that says...You are of the nature to grow old; you are of the nature to become ill; you are of the nature to die. It takes the surprise out of it. It asks us to meet the truth of mortality. Everyone you have ever known, unless they are here with you now, has already died and entered another dispensation - whatever you believe that to be. It will be the same for me and the same for you and for everyone you see on the street. To my way of thinking, it's not that I have to make sure I do everything before it's too late. It's that there is no too late. Life and death are all of a piece
Susie, you've left me with so much more to think about. Wow.
"... there is no too late. Life and death are all of a piece."
There is something incredibly deep here, and so encouraging. You're so right. Thank you for reading and thank you for this thought-provoking comment!
I feel this intuitively. It doesn't change with circumstances like the recent death of a dear friend. Also...it's not about heaven for me. It's just a stream that flows along.
Wholeheartedly agree. The eternal isn't some distant thing, in my mind. It's here and now. We were created to live in this moment just as fully as any afterlife we can imagine. Too much worrying about what happens "after" devalues all the wonderful, bittersweet things happening now.
Hey, if you build it, I'll be your first customer! 😂
Thanks for reading, Jayne!