Life makes ghosts of us all. There is no other way out. In a world filled with self-serving and externally driven goals what are you leaving beind? What is your mark, your legacy. How will you be summed up?
This thought has been playing on my mind. We have built a world where achievement is based on the size of your house, the expense of your car, your status at work, how many followers you have. The things that can be seen from the outside more important than the kind of person we are. Status taking precedence over the nature of your heart.
The endless chasing of finery masking the space left where our humanity should be. Perfectly pepped social media posts of a happy family covering over the cracks and scars. There is too little honesty for how hard it can sometimes be.
Body size more important than whether you are the kind of friend who will be there at 3am to carry me to safety through a dark night.
I have spent the last few days rewriting the script of where my life should be. Reached in and pulled out goals that will define the second half of my life.
To be a friend who listens well, makes time for those I love. A colleague who extends kindness to those she struggles with, who is patient with those who haven't quite got it yet. A stranger in the street who chooses kindness and a smile. A driver who can't possibly know what that person who cut her off has going on in their life. A mother who listens and feeds in love with a supportive heart. Someone who fills others up rather than taking things out.
It is time to redefine what we value in a life. Because , honestly, we are in all kinds of strife.
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