Your life - on review

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.
- William James, philosopher and psychologist


Living a meaningful life

Looking for meaning?

Having trouble figuring out how to make a difference?

The answer may be closer and simpler than you think.

Ask yourself: If I were gone tomorrow, what will I be most proud of having left behind? The answer will be different for each of us, but it may tell you something about why you're here.

Your answer can be as involved as a foundation you helped start, or as simple as a favorite picture that you took. Something will be here when you're gone. What would you like it to be? What one thing would tell the world what you were all about? Maybe it's your child. Maybe you're already working on something that could turn into one of your greatest accomplishments. If so, give it your all.

The more of yourself that goes into it now, the more people will be able to see you later on.

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I have received a great quote per day, called "Healty Reflections" since I was pregnant with Alexia. (Thanks, Sara, for turning me on to it!) Often after reading them, I think on them during the day, some more than others. The one above will stick with me for awhile.

How am I living a meaningful life? What will I leave behind? What am I building that will stand the test of time? As much as I love quilting and scrapbooking, it's my children that are more important than any material thing. It's something I need to consider more when they are driving me crazy, key word here "me". They aren't doing it on purpose - at least I think they aren't!

I need to remember they are my most important creations, and the thing I will leave behind one day, the things I will have made the biggest impression on. It's hard to remeber that, especially in the short term, when one is screaming and the other is making messes. This all passes. What's important is what I'm building in them, and hopefully arming them with - a mother's enduring love and the gospel for strength and endurance. I will give them my all, then turn them out into the world, knowing I did my very best, and that's all I can do.