The lesson here is to do as Mark Twain suggested: ‘Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour.’
We drove through the neighborhood where she and her husband had lived when they were newlyweds. She had me pull up in front of a furniture warehouse that had once been a ballroom where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to slow in front of a particular building or corner and would sit staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
‘Every day I tried to do something nice for someone. It made me so happy to see them happy. Today I don’t know of anybody who sleeps better than I do. I have found happiness by giving it to others.’
Marriage Laid Bare: There once was a man and a woman who had been married for more than 60 years. They talked about everything. They kept no secrets from each other… except that the old woman had a shoe box in the top of her closet that she […]
Often, this involved a level of multitasking that required patience, organization, and dedication. The mother in this photograph represents the resilience and adaptability of countless women during that period.
I asked a friend who is heading towards his eightieth birthday what sort of changes he is feeling in himself? He sent me the following: 1. After loving my parents, my siblings, my spouse, my children and my friends, I have now started loving myself. 2. I have […]
Grandma! How do you deal with pain? ‘ ‘With your hands dear. When you do it with your mind, the pain hardens more ‘. ‘With your hands, Grandma? ‘ ‘ Yes, yes. Our hands are the antennas of our souls. When you move them by sewing, cooking, painting, […]
THE FACE IN THE CROWD . The sun went down and the night came grey, I pulled the blinds on another day. The chill was mine when I thought no more, Of the face in the crowd, I was looking for. . Her face I had seen from […]
ENCOUNTERS WITH HUMANITY: It’s a very strange feeling how someone can be in your life for months or even years and then one day … all of a sudden not be there anymore. Maybe the relationship ended on good terms…. or maybe it was completely catastrophic. Either way, […]
As the bus pulled up at the bus stop and it was her turn to get on, Melissa became aware that her skirt was too tight to allow her leg to rise to the height of the first step of the bus: Slightly embarrassed and with a quick […]
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