Mid Life Celebration

What a GREAT day to be alive!

Hey, thanks for reading Mid Life Celebration.  Your time is very important to you.

Heck, mine is too.

And I devote a fair piece of it to Mid Life Celebration.

Why?

Because it makes me feel like I’m helping some of you mid-life folks find a home where you can come to for a gentle push or pull.

Finding people who care is a challenge.  Sometimes, that’s all that’s missing.  We just need someone to tell us not to give up.  Someone to tell us there is work to be done and we ought to do our fair share.

Someone to remind us that although we may feel like in this world, we are just one person, to another person, we may just be the world to them.

We all know what should be done.  But the hard part is actually doing it.

I’ve always liked people who pushed me to be a better person.

Hope you like those kinds of people too.  There aren’t too many of them, but they’re out there.

Carpe diem, jeff noel 

Mid Life and “THE DASH”?  You guessed it!

Here’s a longer entry, due to the nature of this classic story:

THE DASH

I read of a man who stood to speak

at the funeral of a friend.

He referred to the dates on her tombstone

from the beginning to the end.

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He noted that first came the date of her birth

and he spoke of the following date with tears.

But he said what mattered most of all

was the “dash” between the years.

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For that dash represents all the time

that she spent alive on earth.

And now only those who loved her

know what that little line is worth.

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For it matters not, how much we own

The cars, the house, the cash.

What matters is how we live and love.

And how we spend our dash.

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So think about this long and hard

Are there things you’d like to change?

For you never know how much time is left.

(You could be at “dash mid-range”).

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If we could just slow down enough

To consider what’s true and real.

And always try to understand

The way other people feel.

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And be less quick to anger,

And show appreciation more.

And love the people in our lives

Like we’ve never loved before.

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If we treat each other with respect

And more often wear a smile.

Remembering that this special dash

Might only last a little while.

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So when your eulogy’s being read

With your life’s actions to rehash.

Would you be proud of the things they say

About how you spent your dash?

–  Anonymous