Wisdom from the past

 

This path is yours

In sending an email to a friend yesterday I realized again that even though we all come from the same source we all have our own path to walk. It is not for us to know what lessons and experiences each of us has mapped out. It is only our job to walk our own path to the best of our ability to evolve our own soul.

Another friend posted a request this morning that people say a prayer for all those who are suffering from cancer. Because of losing the love of his life to the disease he is on a path to make others aware. When I read his post my first thought was, “God how can you make little children suffer and die from cancer?” Then I immediately followed that with, “Wait you aren’t making anyone do anything you are simply allowing it”.

Although it is horrible that children are dying, whose fault is it? Could it possibly be the environment or the food they choose to eat? There is a huge difference between now and when I was a child, or even when I raised my children. Today I look at things my oldest son keeps in the refrigerator to drink and snack on and I think, “Didn’t I teach you anything about what’s healthy?”  He isn’t alone though because I know I eat way too much sugar. 

From the moment we take our first breath to the moment we take our last we walk on our assigned path and no two are exactly alike. If we could all learn to take responsibility for ourselves and accept each other as is perhaps the world would be a friendlier place to reside.

 

Writing your own obituary

 I believe everyone should write their own obituary and it is very simple. Whether it is actually published in a paper really doesn't matter. Copies should be left with the main survivors in any case. The first sentence should obviously include the name, birth date, birth place, parents. Next, death date and where. Next a list of biological relatives who preceded the person in death. IE:parents, grandparents etc. 

Second paragraph: who the person is survived by. This can be as long as you wish.

The rest is up to you. What are you most proud of? What things do you hope you have done that will help others?

That's pretty much it. Good luck with that!

Living forever

I wonder if some people think they will live forever? They apparently have little consideration for those they leave behind. My father, mother and ex-husband belonged to that group. None of them even left a will, let alone an obituary. I, on the other hand, hope to have taken care of all that and more when the time comes for me to leave earth. It's not that I expect that to be soon, I just want to be sure my wishes are covered for those I leave behind. 

Thinking about what I may still wish to do led me to think about encouraging people to write their own obituary. Seriously, who knows you better than you do? I remember reading the one written for my ex-husband. My oldest son read it too and his first question was, "Who wrote this?" This train of thought led me to update mine. There were some changes I wanted to make. It is now tucked away with the other important documents I have created for when the time comes.. 

Perhaps I could connect with a local group of senior citizens and encourage people to write their own obituaries while there is still time.

More money

I decided to bite the bullet and replace my living room/dinning room carpet with laminate floor covering. I replaced the carpet five years ago, but have have never been happy with it. I choose the only flooring company left in Grants,NM, Arnold's, to deal with. I like the color I picked out. I was going to have it done while my son is taking a three week tour of the U.S., but he talked me into waiting so he can help move the furniture out of the way. This is an expensive project, but it is a necessary move with two dogs in the house. It has a lifetime guarantee and is waterproof. It is something I should have done a long time ago. 

A pendulum

One of my friends and I use a pendulum off and on. Lately, I have been wondering if the answeres I get are real or am I picking up negative vibes? I decided to google a question to see how to tell the difference. One of the suggestions was to say the following out loud. "This pendulum can only be used by my guides. No other energies, including my own, can affect the answers of this pendulum". I sent a message to my friend, sharing the suggestion. She agreed it sounded like a good idea.

Looking back

Over the last 20 or so years I have done a lot of things. Laughingly, I haven't earned a lot of money doing them. Thank goodness for Social Security and parents who taught me by example that you don't need a lot of money to survive.

I think the challenge I am most proud of is the creation of the summer writing camp for school age children. Its purpose was to introduce the kids to people in the community who had interesting jobs.It gave the adults an opportunity to share their experiences and just maybe provide an interest for the children in something they didn't know about. After the adults finished talking about their job the kids were given an opportunity to write about what they had learned. One of the most sincere compliments I have ever received came from one of the adults. He said, "I wish there had been something like this when I was growing up".

One adult that stands out was the editor of our local paper. I don't remember much of what he told them, but I definitely remember the ending. After the kids wrote he had them each, in turn, stand on a chair to read what they had written. I was holding my breath that nobody fell!

The other one that stands out was the very last, after four years.I brought my dog, Ejay, and my son who had recently retired from the Army. Ejay was a rescue who had apparently run away. His previous owner couldn't afford the fee to get him back. He showed how happy he was by taking a run around the top of the tables, stopping to say hello to everyone on the way. After explaining who he was, I asked he kids to write about what they thought his life was like before I adopted him. My son came up next and told them about all his assignments during the 35 years he was in the Army. He retired as a Sargent Major. After all that their first question was, "Are you married?" My son and I just looked at each other and tried not to laugh. 

  

Mountains

It seems all of my life mountains have played a part in my life. I grew up in Washington Sate,with Mt. Rainer in view. Since 1980 I have lived at the foot of Mt. Taylor in New Mexico. Several years ago one of my "Past" memories that appeared was of my death in an avalanche, along with my father. This can't be a coincidence! I don't even care much for snow!

Good question

A really good question passed by me on Facebook today. It was, why did you stop going to church? I thought about it for awhile and came up with my answer. I got tired of men in robes telling me how I should live my life. I believe I have a one on one connection with my Creator and that's all I need.