A friend of mine that recently lost his wife and profoundly
posed this question to me and (our group); he simply asked...
"Why Do We Measure Our Lives In Years?" ~Bob W.
"It's not the years in your life, it's the life in your years"
~Abraham Lincoln
We do not collect years.
We collect moments.
We collect feelings.
We collect lessons.
We do not get to keep anything material we collected in life, like:
cars, money, properties, books or souvenirs.
I've heard it said, the real measure of your life is what you'd be worth if you lost all your money and possession; what then would you be worth?
We collect friends and family members, though they come and go.
Measure your life in relationships.
We collect victories for having risked something.
Measure your life in risk.
We collect memories and experiences for having shared something.
Measure your life by all the life you have explored and questioned.
Be curious!
We collect the lessons we learn from
the failures and tragedies we get through.
Measure your wisdom in the lessons life teaches.
"Do not judge a person's story by the chapter you walked in on,
read the whole book, know the whole story."
We collect precious moments with our kids, pets and friends.
Measure the lives you impacted and improved, for being here for them.
"We make a living by what we get,
We make a life by what we give."
~Winston Churchill
We collect the warm feelings we receive from random acts of kindness.
Measure your giving, but never brag on it.
We create passion from our talents, gifts and loves.
Measure your tapped potential, don't die with your music still in you.
Why do we measure the years and not the moments?
Why do we measure the money and not the love?
It may sound funny, but we can keep the love, we give away.
Measure the love you give.
We can collect and keep the love we receive.
I measure the love in my heart, with my heart.
For when I graduate from this precious, wild life to the great beyond,
that's all I get to take with me;
the memories I made ...and the love that made them memorable.
R.I.P. Sharon and today I unexpectedly said goodbye to Chris too.
This blog post is dedicated to both of you today.
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