11-19-2010, 01:36 PM
Having just celebrated my 67th, I know that the days behind are far greater in number than the days ahead.
I believe that there is nothing in anyone's "contract" about tomorrow. We only have this moment, and we should live it and make a good memory out of it, so that if there are that many tomorrows, we will have something good to look back on.
My Sister and I seem to have become the "keepers of the family history". We keep the family heirlooms, and the knowledge of their place, and time.
The importance of these things, overshadows any meaning "my layout" might have. My daughters have expressed little interest in the models, and the family history.
Perhaps there is greater truth in the idea of "all good things must come to an end". Some things are not "meant to last". These things brought me joy to build, a sense of belonging to a greater time than my life adds up to, satisfaction, and education. If they do not serve that purpose for future generations, so be it.
When things lose their importance, they become clutter.
I would rather see them gone, than to become the "seeds of regret".
I would leave no obligation for any to have to live an ongoing life for me....they have their own lives to live, their own joys, senses of belonging, satisfactions, and educations.
If one or more, should choose to become the "keepers of family history", there is record of each thing, and its relative importance. If that is meant to be, so be it also.
I believe that there is nothing in anyone's "contract" about tomorrow. We only have this moment, and we should live it and make a good memory out of it, so that if there are that many tomorrows, we will have something good to look back on.
My Sister and I seem to have become the "keepers of the family history". We keep the family heirlooms, and the knowledge of their place, and time.
The importance of these things, overshadows any meaning "my layout" might have. My daughters have expressed little interest in the models, and the family history.
Perhaps there is greater truth in the idea of "all good things must come to an end". Some things are not "meant to last". These things brought me joy to build, a sense of belonging to a greater time than my life adds up to, satisfaction, and education. If they do not serve that purpose for future generations, so be it.
When things lose their importance, they become clutter.
I would rather see them gone, than to become the "seeds of regret".
I would leave no obligation for any to have to live an ongoing life for me....they have their own lives to live, their own joys, senses of belonging, satisfactions, and educations.
If one or more, should choose to become the "keepers of family history", there is record of each thing, and its relative importance. If that is meant to be, so be it also.
We always learn far more from our own mistakes, than we will ever learn from another's advice.
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!