Well, as you all know, a good part of central and north Georgia have
been getting hammered by ice and snow for which they are unprepared. Here in
much warmer South Georgia, while I was waiting with snow shovel in hand to
clear my walk of the two flake snowfall, I heard of people up the road having
died because didn't know how to survive the ravages of this white stuff either
in their homes, on the sidewalks, or on the roads.
That got me thinking about Linda Ellis' "The Dash." It's a poem in
which she writes about that short line representing a person's lifetime
chiseled in a tombstone between the dates of birth and death. At the end of
her poem, she asks, "So, when your eulogy is being read, with your life’s
actions to rehash…would you be proud of the things they say about how you spent
YOUR dash?"
I always say, even in reluctant retirement, I will live my life and
forget my age; I will, as I have been doing, do something with my life that
outlives my life. I was thinking about my "dash," what I have done with my
time on this earth and what trace would I leave behind for having been here.
So, wouldn't it be interesting to write your own obituary? Or, write the
eulogy you would give at your own funeral? Or, at least, write the inscription
to be chiseled on your tombstone. What would you write?
Make it a good day
-Louis-
Louis Schmier
http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org
203 E. Brookwood Pl http://www.therandomthoughts.com
Valdosta, Ga 31602
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