QUOTE(Shandog @ Jun 12 2003, 10:44 PM)Sending out a BIG HUG to you Ken...looks like you could use one buddy!
We get one crack at life...that's it. You have to do what it takes to make YOU happy, then your family & friends come next.
What will I leave this world? My children, they're children, and they're children's children will know their legacy - they will know where they came from and know the oldest stories that MY grandparents told me. My great grandchildren will know the Polish nursery rhymes my grandma taught me - that is generations old...that's ROOTS baby!
My children and they're children will have an embedded love for the great outdoors and Up North - I have been blessed enough to have been "taught" the beauty of this great state that we live in - my children have the same love for it that I do.....they will pass this on to their children and for THAT I take a deep breath and smile
So I'll never be the President or a Nobel Peace Prize winner - but I AM making my mark in this time that I'm here - I will NOT go unnoticed, and long after I'm gone the world will all be able to tell that "The Shandog Was Here".....and for THAT I smile
Peace, Kindness, Integrity, Honesty, Sharing, Giving, Loving, Caring -
YOU BETCHA!!!! I've bred 2 more of these kind of peeps. Kind of PROUD of that.
How do we justify the wrongs in our life? Well we are human Ken and the beauty of that is we can act just or injustly...humans have the capability to forgive and better a "bad" situation. Sometimes, justice (for whomever wronged us) is in the eyes of God, sometimes in the eyes of the law, sometimes it NEVER comes.
There are days when our crosses seem too heavy to carry, and we get through them somehow, some way. We are blessed and truly lucky to be here. Make the best of it - enjoy your loved ones and your friends. Do whatever it takes to make yourself happy - even if it is sitting in the middle of the woods having reflections on the "Big Scheme" of things. If you get too overwhelmed, then back the bus up a bit. This is your life and YOU CAN make your own rules to which you live by - you are the boss and captain of YOUR ship ~
This is a quote from one of my favorite books, and I hold this to be true:
"The day you were born,
somewhere a flower bloomed,
the sun shone even brighter,
and when the wind moved over the ocean,
it whispered your name...
You are a special person,
and the world is a better place
because YOU are in it."
I've rambled long enough. Enjoy Ken ~ have no regrets and look ahead......Life is Good!
Shandog, that post came from your heart and it shows, words wisdom everyone can learn from.
The only thing that I can add is, every human desires a purpose, once that purpose has been discovered, your life mission has just begun. Find what you want and never let it go.........