“Age brings us the ability to stop needing, we need less and less of everything from knick-knacks to ego boosts. “
This is a curious thought for me. Do we stop needing as we age or stop hoping to receive what we need so we stop asking? Needs change as we age, but that doesn’t mean the ache of not having those needs met disappears because we are growing older.
Agreed, but i guess the hope is (hope!) that we spent the bulk of our earlier years finding good ways to fulfill those needs, so we can give more instead of take. Because isn't that what wisdom is? It's not to say we will no linger have needs, but we won't be consumed trying to build the infrastructure of life. Thanks for your thoughts!
Wow. Like a story from a TV show. But I appreciate your perspective in letting her chose her life even if it was a sad life. My first instinct in moments like these is to wonder if I should have done more. But you are right about the value of letting people chose their life even when it seems wrong. God works out the rest. Thanks for sharing.
“Age brings us the ability to stop needing, we need less and less of everything from knick-knacks to ego boosts. “
This is a curious thought for me. Do we stop needing as we age or stop hoping to receive what we need so we stop asking? Needs change as we age, but that doesn’t mean the ache of not having those needs met disappears because we are growing older.
Agreed, but i guess the hope is (hope!) that we spent the bulk of our earlier years finding good ways to fulfill those needs, so we can give more instead of take. Because isn't that what wisdom is? It's not to say we will no linger have needs, but we won't be consumed trying to build the infrastructure of life. Thanks for your thoughts!
Age brings us the ability to stop needing, we need less and less of everything from knick-knacks to ego boosts.
oh, this breaks my heart, too.
'she left no holes in anyone's life.'
This is an epitaph I earnestly hope to avoid.
Wow. Like a story from a TV show. But I appreciate your perspective in letting her chose her life even if it was a sad life. My first instinct in moments like these is to wonder if I should have done more. But you are right about the value of letting people chose their life even when it seems wrong. God works out the rest. Thanks for sharing.
Crazy story 😮💨