I left the service hoping that future mourners would say some of the same things about me. That I was a "life well lived." But am I? What would that even look like? Probably not the same as for Max, my friend's father.
For me, creativity is one of the main ingredients of a life well-lived. But I struggle with what that means exactly. 3 blog posts a week? 15 sales on Etsy a month? Making "real" art -- oil paintings -- that hang in a gallery? The trouble with concrete goals like these is that meeting them leaves me feeling empty after the first "hooray."
My 2nd oil painting. Hooray! |
La vita bella! |
It's scary.
A right-brained person did this. Just sayin' |
Hmmm...themes instead of goals...I like it. Goals never worked for me.
ReplyDeleteA life well-lived is one in which I've left the world better than I found it. Helped the earth, helped animals, helped people. All else is gravy to me.
Yes, I have to quit getting stuck in the gravy. So to speak.
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