The advantage of looking back is you get to use a filter of greater wisdom.<\/p>\n
My friend, Tilly Rivers, recently said that we may set ourselves up for failure by trying to fake ourselves out by committing to New Year\u2019s resolutions that are fruitless, and self-deprecating.\u00a0 I agree!<\/p>\n
What I have learned in over 60 years of life \u2013 holy crap, am I that old; is that we have all traveled around the sun, on this satellite planet we call Earth, on a journey through space and time.\u00a0 The real question is: is the planet, and the\u00a0universe, better off because we have been here?<\/p>\n
Wikipedia says we travel each year 590 million miles around the sun. Each and every year.\u00a0 \u00a0For sixty years, that\u2019s more than I want to calculate.\u00a0 So, some 6 billion people travel a huge distance through space each year.\u00a0 Each of us travels, almost like ants, from home to work and back again every day.\u00a0 Turning around in circles, (from door to door, bedroom to bathroom, to kitchen, to car door, to office door, and back again) and think we are adding substance to our existence.<\/p>\n
Here is my question: Do I add substance to the planet and universe because I am here?\u00a0 Can I make a difference?\u00a0 Is the world a better place because I am here?\u00a0\u00a0 My resolution each year is the same: not will I lose weight, or accomplish my monetary goals for this year, but will I be remembered for having made some significant impact on friends and the planet because I existed?<\/p>\n
Can I bring friendship and pleasure to those who\u00a0know me?\u00a0 Would my parents say, well done?\u00a0 Can I look back and say, that one person is happier because I thought, and acted, for their betterment?<\/p>\n
I hope, pray, and wish this for all who know me.<\/p>\n
Wikipedia says we travel each year 590 million miles around the sun. Each and every year.\u00a0 \u00a0For sixty years, that\u2019s more than I want to calculate.\u00a0 So, some 6 billion people travel a huge distance through space each year.\u00a0 Each of us travels, almost like ants, from home to work and back again every day.\u00a0 Turning around in circles, (from door to door, bedroom to bathroom, to kitchen, to car door, to office door, and back again) and think we are adding substance to our existence.<\/p>\n
Here is my question: Do I add substance to the planet and universe because I am here?\u00a0 Can I make a difference?\u00a0 Is the world a better place because I am here?\u00a0\u00a0 My resolution each year is the same: not will I lose weight, or accomplish my monetary goals for this year, but will I be remembered for having made some significant impact on friends and the planet because I existed?<\/p>\n
Can I bring friendship and pleasure to those who\u00a0know me?\u00a0 Would my parents say, well done?\u00a0 Can I look back and say, that one person is happier because I thought, and acted, for their betterment?<\/p>\n
I hope and wish this for all who know me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The advantage of looking back is you get to use a filter of greater wisdom. My friend, Tilly Rivers, recently said that we may set ourselves up for failure by trying to fake ourselves out by committing to New Year\u2019s resolutions that are fruitless, and self-deprecating.\u00a0 I agree! What I have learned in over 60 … <\/p>\n