Older….
and wiser…. During life’s journey, we experience so much and sometimes so little. Whether it be being in the very same good place for so long that we forget to ‘smell the daisies’ or take the small every day events for granted and don’t notice the delightful details in our lives; or in some instances remain in a bad place for so long because it has become familiar and the fear of new adventures is worse than the knowledge of what is.
As I turn the page to the end of myDarlin’s Robert Kenui Pope and my last chapter, I know that we had both moved beyond into the good place, where every moment, every hour, every day was a gift. And we would look back at the journal etched so vividly in our minds, we laughed as we knew that we had become older and wiser.
So many of our friends celebrating milestone birthdays make me pause to reflect and ask them and myself….. What will you do for the rest of your life? For we are not guaranteed tomorrow. And if you are comfortable where this journey has taken you, stop….breathe…. look around you…. what do you see in life’s fleeting moments that you are grateful for? Tell the people in your life how much they mean to you, tell them thank you for a kind gesture, pull up a chair and ask what’s on their mind. And if your journey is not where you want to be or imagined you’d be, stop… breathe…. look around you… know that it’s up to you to make a change. Not sure where to start? Ask a friend; after all we’re all much older and wiser than when we first began. (and now I understand all of those conversations that I overheard as a teen….;-))
I turn the page in life’s book to the next page, the next chapter in my life….and there’s someone missing. I look back again at the last chapter and pause to enjoy the best chapter of any book I have ever co-authored. And when I turn forward again, I see that myDarlin’ gave me the words to start this new chapter… for on that morning almost six month ago, he prayed for the Lord to give me strength and understanding. Yes, that is the beginning and the end – what I write on the pages in between is yet to come.
Today, I am filled with gratitude for as I look back over the past few months, I only
see one set of footsteps on the beach… and it is that of our Lord who has and continues to carry me through this part of the journey. And as I look up, the stars in the sky twinkle and I can hear myDarlin’ say, ‘You should see the view from up here, I can see everything….’
see one set of footsteps on the beach… and it is that of our Lord who has and continues to carry me through this part of the journey. And as I look up, the stars in the sky twinkle and I can hear myDarlin’ say, ‘You should see the view from up here, I can see everything….’
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