This is just
my own food for thought as I've found that clear thinking is just as
necessary and rejuvenating to the body and mind, and it's my mind that keeps me writing, and my body that allows me to stay awake long enough to do it.
We are facing a new year and I
find myself marveling at how quickly the time has passed. There
are those that believe in life beyond this earth, and many of those
with this belief feel that you take with you, into the next life, only
knowledge and relationships. Whether or not you agree with this belief,
it is to the benefit of each individual to strengthen knowledge and
relationships.
Our lives, collectively as a human race,
have not been that of fairy tales. There are no magic carpets,
spiraling castles, and flying horses, however, many of us have conquered
our own battles, slain our dragons, and discovered our own pots of gold
at the end of each rainbow. If I have learned nothing else in this
life, in this past year, it is that family and our relationships with
others is important above all else. Also, the knowledge that we glean
from our experiences, from books, work, and our adventures, should be
shared and passed on to each generation. It is with our relationships
and our knowledge that we become greater people and greater contributors
to this life and to those we encounter. We are imperfect beings and as
such we are bound to make mistakes, but we are only responsible for our
own actions and our own choices. We are all of us blessed with the
opportunities to enrich our lives, our families, and all of those around
us.
Robert Luis Stevenson said that,
“So long as we love, we serve, so long as we are loved by others, I
should say that we are almost indispensable, and no man is useless while
he has a friend.”
I have further discovered that
each of has so many wonderful talents, so much to give others. I believe
that we are each learning how to share those talents in our own ways,
but I know that as we do, we will each achieve the amazing potential and
greatness which exists in us all. The blessings of our lives are
bountiful and never before has there been so great an opportunity as we
have now to be the kind of people who make a difference.
A friend and founder of Africa Heartwood Project, a remarkable organization which aids orphans in Liberia, said that, “By being people of action, at least we have the hope to leave this world and its people better than we found it.”
It
is my hope that we all leave the parts of this world we’ve touched, and
the people we have encountered, better than we found them.
Wishing you a enlightened and inspiring New Year!
-MK McClintock
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