One thing that I’ve always wanted to do is learn to dance. My son Tom’s upcoming wedding inspired me to me to book a lesson. Jack wasn’t feeling well that day, so instead of trying to talk him into it (or cancel the lesson) I decided to go alone …he was secretly relieved that he didn’t have to go…and I had a great time!
My friend Katy died a few weeks ago. Even though I hadn’t seen her in many years, I never considered that I wouldn’t be able to. This has made me ask myself, over and over, the questions, “What is really important now? How can I be fully in my life right here and right now?” When I got home from her memorial service, I contacted another old friend who I hadn’t seen in many years and we are meeting half-way for lunch today.
Katy influenced my life when she was here. She was a woman who didn’t put off living until all of her ducks were in a row. Maybe she intuitively knew that this was never going to happen. She is still influencing my life….by making me more aware of the preciousness of Now.
“In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do, now that it has happened.” Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
