Welcome to City-Data.com forum! Make sure to This started as my travel log. (We've been traveling the USA from Seattle, WA since Labor Day '08.) My husband has a great website showing the highlights and his commentaries on the places we've been and the things we've done. (View via my profile home page.)
I found that while discovering the country, I was also finding myself. I am learning what to keep, and what to drop -- or chisel away. I don't mind sharing; maybe you will learn something from my lessons, too.
Then came Bigun, my Cocker-Beagle, my newest guru. He's got his own category in the Blog, and an album on my profile.
You are welcome to what I have, good and bad, and leave messages as you like, but please be kind. I, too, am still "in training."
I found that while discovering the country, I was also finding myself. I am learning what to keep, and what to drop -- or chisel away. I don't mind sharing; maybe you will learn something from my lessons, too.
Then came Bigun, my Cocker-Beagle, my newest guru. He's got his own category in the Blog, and an album on my profile.
You are welcome to what I have, good and bad, and leave messages as you like, but please be kind. I, too, am still "in training."
Our Time is So SHORT, and we WASTE it with Petty Differences
Posted 06-29-2009 at 04:14 AM by LookinForMayberry
My long-time friend's sister was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer -- no, she's NEVER smoked, and recently completed her ten-month round of chemo/radiation treatments. At present, during this three-week wait to learn whether her fight against this awful disease was successful, she's gone to some R&R with her kids in CO. God bless her. She understands that no matter how much time she has left, it is time to be enjoyed, give and receive love, and relax. She's 62.
My best-friend from high school died twenty months ago, of pancreatic cancer. Her battle for the first year was just getting a viable diagnosis. By the time the doctors decided she had cancer, it was too advanced for a successful treatment, but she still fought it about another sixteen months. She was almost 53.
I'm 53, and trials and loses like these are what decided my husband and I to take this trip NOW, and not wait. We came to realize that we'd wasted a lot of time in all the wrong pursuits, and wanted to see the country, enjoy our time together, and make new friends.
Even if we could not have gone, I like to think we would've spent more time on those things, than in petty squabbles.
Reading these posts, I see so much concern about things that would not matter to the persons involved, if they were diagnosed today.
Maybe we should ask ourselves every time we feel drawn to a pettiness: "Would I CARE about this, if I was dying?"
Because we're ALL dying, you know -- some of us are just taking a longer road than others.
My best-friend from high school died twenty months ago, of pancreatic cancer. Her battle for the first year was just getting a viable diagnosis. By the time the doctors decided she had cancer, it was too advanced for a successful treatment, but she still fought it about another sixteen months. She was almost 53.
I'm 53, and trials and loses like these are what decided my husband and I to take this trip NOW, and not wait. We came to realize that we'd wasted a lot of time in all the wrong pursuits, and wanted to see the country, enjoy our time together, and make new friends.
Even if we could not have gone, I like to think we would've spent more time on those things, than in petty squabbles.
Reading these posts, I see so much concern about things that would not matter to the persons involved, if they were diagnosed today.
Maybe we should ask ourselves every time we feel drawn to a pettiness: "Would I CARE about this, if I was dying?"
Because we're ALL dying, you know -- some of us are just taking a longer road than others.
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I agree with you about your trip. I am 58 and have taken 2 years off from working for what is called "personal enrichment". I was promted to do this after 3 people in my workplace who were younger than me dropped dead of a heart attack in the workplace. I have always worked a high stress job and I didn't want to be a stastic. Unfortunately, my 45 year company closed 6 months after I left. Now I have no job to go back to and no unemployment. On the other hand, I have no regrets at all and am working on a plan for my future.
I am sorry for your friends, but you know, there are no guarantees in life. You live your time and you exit this realm when it is your turn. Always be greatful for each day that you and your husband wake up to a new sunrise.Posted 07-01-2009 at 07:53 PM by yukiko11
