This is a quote that was sent to me from a friend. She is my daughter in laws sister and she is one of the two people that I made a point of sending my blog to. So, Thank You Donna.
I spent some time researching this man's work, but could not find the verse this quote comes from, if indeed it comes from a verse at all. But I like it and it is kind of haunting me so I thought I would speak/write about it tonight.
To me it means that we can only affect anything while we are alive, and when we have finished that task then it is time to move on to the next task, or the next phase of our lives.
I always seem to have carried an invisible yardstick in my head. This was how I measured my success and failures throughout my life.
Recently I have come to realize how my measurement for success and failure have changed as I have aged, probably not all of them but a lot of them. I no longer measure my social success by the number of calls I get, but by the quality of the people who call. I no longer measure others success by the cars they drive or the houses they live in but by how often they smile or laugh. I no longer measure my childrens success by their income or status but by how happy they are.
I think that is progress and I am pleased with it.
Monday, April 18th, 2011..................11:05p.m.
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