Sunday Musings – November 11, 2018
Today I am at the home of my brother and his wife in Canton Texas. Two of our sisters drove down from Oklahoma to join us. Sadly, the other sister is not here. This is the first visit since the death of my brother-in-law. His wife, my sister, is doing wel, considering that her entire adult life was spent with her husband in a very loving partnership. They raised three children, took care of our Grandmother Pickett after grandpa died, along with our sister took care of our mother for many years, and the past few years took care of her husband who became increasingly disabled. She also has spent a lot of time with her adult children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
It is strange to look back to when our elders were, in our eyes, very old. Then I do the math only to discover that they were much younger than we are now. In fact, I recall Grandma and Grandpa Pickett who had to be in their early forties when I was born. I always thought of them as old.
Once again I am acutely aware of the brevity of this life journey and my responsibility to:
I smile as I write this list. I know that I shall continue to get off center and allow life to take over; to take this journey very seriously; to act as if tasks and the legacy I leave is terribly important. The above list covers the only legacy I need to leave – just for today.
Written November 11, 2018
Today I am at the home of my brother and his wife in Canton Texas. Two of our sisters drove down from Oklahoma to join us. Sadly, the other sister is not here. This is the first visit since the death of my brother-in-law. His wife, my sister, is doing wel, considering that her entire adult life was spent with her husband in a very loving partnership. They raised three children, took care of our Grandmother Pickett after grandpa died, along with our sister took care of our mother for many years, and the past few years took care of her husband who became increasingly disabled. She also has spent a lot of time with her adult children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
It is strange to look back to when our elders were, in our eyes, very old. Then I do the math only to discover that they were much younger than we are now. In fact, I recall Grandma and Grandpa Pickett who had to be in their early forties when I was born. I always thought of them as old.
Once again I am acutely aware of the brevity of this life journey and my responsibility to:
- Show up – do not live in the past or the future.
- Focus on the many blessings in my life.
- Practice the serenity prayer.
- Work towards living more minimally – leave as little as possible for my son and other family members to have to deal with.
- Be a responsible citizen while remembering that us humans have been stumbling through this life journey for a very long time and will continue to do long after I leave.
- Laugh often at myself and with others.
- Love unconditionally (work towards loving unconditionally)
- Not take the behavior of others personally.
- Focus on relationship and not tasks.
I smile as I write this list. I know that I shall continue to get off center and allow life to take over; to take this journey very seriously; to act as if tasks and the legacy I leave is terribly important. The above list covers the only legacy I need to leave – just for today.
Written November 11, 2018
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