It used to be a really big number, 95. Not anymore. And he was so healthy up until a few months before he was gone. It was cancer that took his life, not old age. I still think at 91, he was too young. Maybe that’s because now when I look in my own rearview mirror, there are a lot of years behind me, and I am closer to 95 than zero. So are so many of the people I love.
Tag: thankfulness
I just want to take this moment to say one thing — thank you, Americans. Let me tell you why. I am a first generation American. My parents families were oppressed, lost their property, their liberty. My grandfather was taken away to a work camp where he lost his life. My remaining family was put in cattle cars and shipped to indoctrination camps.
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 –
This is the last lesson in my series Lessons from My Father and the timing of this lesson could not be more appropriate. The end of the year is approaching and the holiday season is kicking off, this is Thanksgiving week, and this lesson is on Thankfulness.
This month I have been consuming two books, one on audio and the other on my Kindle. I have admittedly shared before on my blog that I am a worrier, and for me it is dibilitating at times. I am also a procrastinator. Furthermore, I worry about being a procrastinator. Next, my mind is very good at judging me, and while sometimes that helps me do things that accomplish goals, often those judgements just beat me up and wear me down. Yeah, I intellectually get that my circumstance is not unique. Bottom line, I can’t seem to successfully live by the rules my mind makes up for me. It’s tiring, and often even depressing.
Danny Kolke 