There are multiple purposes to my life. Some of them endure, some are constantly changing.
Currently they include:
Raising thoughtful children.
Working really hard while I have the ability to do so.
Trying to "create something" now, to "have" later when my ability to create things has diminished.
Being a good person.
While they sound vague, perhaps, this short little list keeps me very busy.
I think it's the last one with which I struggle the most.
I do feel like I'm not giving much "back" at the moment. I have at times, been more involved in enhancing the common or greater good than I am currently.
I tell myself that the work I'm doing professionally, the the work I'm doing in item number one, above, is somehow, peripherally, contributing to the last item.
And then I go and read something here:
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/about/
And I think, WOW! There's so much more that I could be doing. At least someone is doing it, and for that I am grateful.
Currently they include:
Raising thoughtful children.
Working really hard while I have the ability to do so.
Trying to "create something" now, to "have" later when my ability to create things has diminished.
Being a good person.
While they sound vague, perhaps, this short little list keeps me very busy.
I think it's the last one with which I struggle the most.
I do feel like I'm not giving much "back" at the moment. I have at times, been more involved in enhancing the common or greater good than I am currently.
I tell myself that the work I'm doing professionally, the the work I'm doing in item number one, above, is somehow, peripherally, contributing to the last item.
And then I go and read something here:
http://www.notforsalecampaign.org/about/
And I think, WOW! There's so much more that I could be doing. At least someone is doing it, and for that I am grateful.
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