Living to Die . . .
It's a beautiful day in SW Wisconsin. It's nice to see the sun & have a break from the rain.
I regularly receive emails I've signed up for from several local funeral homes so I don't miss who has passed away. Upon receiving one this morning, it was of a beautiful elderly woman who passed away in a nursing home. It got me thinking.
We're born, we grow, we're raised, we join the world of the working, sometimes with 2 - 3 jobs to help pay all the bills to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table with the lights on and the warmth of a furnace.
We get so wrapped up in the daily grind that we end up forgetting to enjoy our lives. Before we know it, that dash between our birth and our death has come to an end.
Do you ever stop to think what you've accomplished? Was it worth it to 'keep up with the Jones's'? Will you be buried with all the tchotchkes you purchased in your life? Will all the money you scrimped and saved be buried with you (or burned with you should you or your family choose cremation)?
What I'm trying to do is give you some perspective on life. Yes, we need money to survive, but NO, we don't need an over abundance. I can hear some of you now shouting, 'I bet if you won the lottery you'd think differently!'. I'm not saying it wouldn't be nice to have a lot of money. It's just the point that if you work yourself into the ground for that abundance, but spend no time with family and friends, what good does it do for you to have a million dollars squirreled away, but have no memories of a life well lived?
Yes, be responsible and go to work.
No, don't take advantage of anyone to get ahead.
Yes, be kind and sincere.
But also, don't forget to make a life while you're busy making a living.
