So, what would you like people to remember about you when you die?
It kind of helps put New Year's resolutions into perspective.
Here's what they might say:
She had a great, comfortable house
She exercised every day.
She loved her dog.
She tried, unsuccessfully, to wear all the cute clothes in her closet but there were too many tee shirt/sweatshirt days.
Not too good, as funerals go.
I think I'd prefer:
She was generous.
She took on people as a project and really stuck with them.
She tried to just be ... before going out and just doing.
Of course the beginning of a new year is no time to think about funerals, but it is a time to consider priorities and think about the road you are taking or the couch on which you are reclining.
So what will this year bring? An abundant life or a retiring life? Here's hoping it's rich with activity, emotion, friends and strangers. Here's hoping it's difficult and challenging and a real stretch.
Reminds me of a phrase that harkens back to Nancy Ratliff's high school Latin class:
Non est vivere sed valere vita est
Life is more than just being alive.
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