Is there a gap between what you want, what you expect, and what you have? How things "should' be? Maybe it’s something you’d like? Maybe something doesn’t feel quite right? Maybe you can’t put your finger on it, but there is a gap. You can feel it. Sometimes, it’s dissatisfaction. Sometimes, it’s bigger than that–depression. How Big is the Gap? I used to have a very large gap between how I thought things should be and how they were working out. I had a lot of expectations. Some of them were my choosing, but many of them were put up on me.
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It’s Our Turn I already mentioned this in a previous post, but I thought it was worth repeating. I think it’s a good way to sum everything up. The End of the Story As my dad was in his last days, dying from a cancer that decreased his ability to be present with us, I … Continue reading The Final Lesson –
When my dad was 21, he was in a tragic accident that burned nearly all of his upper body. His face and his hands were forever scarred as a result. He spent more than a year in the hospital, in numerous reconstructive surgeries. This was in 1951.
Continuing my series on Lessons from My Father… In my opinion, my dad learned this one the hard way, and it may have cost him his life. That pain in your back, well, you are not just getting old. It’s not your bed. You have cancer. I believe my dad waited too long to go to the doctor. This lesson I learned from him, as many of his other lessons, through my dad’s own mistake.
Danny Kolke 