Reflections are part of all of us. Sometimes we reflect when we are alone, other times we reflect during something that has triggered our thoughts. Lately as I have been coming in contact with old friends, people from my past, since I have joined a network online, I have begun to evaluate things, and to think of things I had accomplished or not, things I have done and so forth.
I really do not know where the times goes in our lives, but one moment you are looking at a year has past, the next time you notice it is five years, and before too long there is little time left. I want to be known for something, not by everyone, but by those closest to me. I would like to leave a piece of me with each person whom I love. Before that last breath of mine, I want to know that my life had purpose, had meaning and just plain , mattered.
So I have been taking steps to make sure I have left my children, my friends, and other loved ones something to remember about me, or of me. First I have started journals for each of my children, I record my thoughts of them in it. I tell of things they have accomplished, of things they have done. Second, I have started to write thoughts of mine on sites I frequent. You know, thoughts that have meaning, like"What is one thing you would change, if you could?" or like "What would someone say about you?". I am hoping that my friends will ponder, maybe change even, their lives from destructive, or non-profitable behaviors, thoughts, or ways. My hope is simple that I have made them think, where they would have not otherwise. Thirdly, I am trying to capture things, either by taking pictures, or recording in a journal. This way after I am no longer on this earth, maybe someone will know me just a little more than maybe they had before.
Now don’t get me wrong, I am not dying or leaving anyone, I just think if by one thing i do I have helped someone I know or someone I don’t then I have done something good in my life, and personally that is what it all is about for me. By some miracle I might just make someone else have a better thought, life or happier, then I have succeeded.
Take the opportunity to make your life matter. Making changes for the positive is a wonderful way to start.
