I think all of us think it from time to time: What would happen tomorrow if I died tonight? It's unpleasant and eerie and uncomfortable, but it's not an unreasonable question and it deserves an answer.
I hope that my family and friends would come together to help my wife get through a very hard time. They would drop what they were doing and would help her keep the business alive, get it on track and on course, and keep serving our clients. My wife would stay on, relying on the business and controlling it.
That would be the minimum I would hope for. Beyond that, I'd hope that my wife would reach for something better, something she'd enjoy more. I'd want her to work less, enjoy life more. I'd want her to consider that the job, the business, the hours spent in service to clients, are not well-spent. Time spent on herself, that's time well-spent.
I'm not planning to die tonight, but if I do, I want the message to get back to my wife. Don't make my mistakes. Live life like it matters.
My nasty cold and my cold medicine are contributing to this maudlin post. But, maudlin though it may be, it's a post that I believe.
We spend too much time slaying the dragons of administrative hell. It's time for all of us to take a walk in the woods and let the birds and the quiet and the wind tell us why the woods matter.
5 comments:
Colds can be nasty things. They can suck the joy out of anything. Hope you get over yours quickly! I wish I could offer echinacea, but it never works for me; my colds often turn into sinus infections which require antibiotics.
We spend too much time slaying the dragons of administrative hell. It's time for all of us to take a walk in the woods and let the birds and the quiet and the wind tell us why the woods matter.
So true, and so beautifully put.
Hope you feel better and get to take some time and get out into the woods. A good look around at the beautiful earth will reinvigorate you. Good advice to your wife.
Sounds like that cold is giving you a bad time. Hope you are rid of it soon. The message for your wife is one that you should probably both take to heart. I do think that there's much to be learned by spending time in the woods. It helps to put things in perspective and figure out what really matters.
All, thanks for the comments. I'm feeling better, thanks to the miracles of modern medicine (if truth be told, I think my symptoms are being masked...quite alright by me). Sometimes I do feel like there are few among us who are willing to confront that big ugly...one day we die, and then what? I'm not pursuing it, understand, just think we should plan.
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