It always amazes me how little one actually knows about living life. I believe, if you are wise, one will actually slow down enough to really examine how things are. I, for one, spend quite a bit of time re-examining past events and their outcomes. Perhaps this is a result of growing old gracefully not necessarily about feeling guilty or regretful. Often I come across sayings or quotes that I believe would have been meaningful to me in my earlier years. There are a million of them out there...but two seem especially relevant to me personally. FIRST: "BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND." SECOND: "LOVE MANY, TRUST BUT A FEW, LEARN HOW TO PADDLE YOUR OWN CANOE." Unfortunately, my parents were too busy just surviving for the majority of their lives....so little was said about the future of one's life. The day to day existence of managing events far outweighed any wisdom that would have been...
"The soul is the truth of who we are." Marianne Williamson