A half life, bright legacies, and simple maths.
MONTHLY REMINDERReader, some of the best moments of your life are yet to come. REFLECTION PROMPTS:
MARCH'S REFLECTION PROMPTIn March, I will add... In March, I will subtract... What additions or enhancements are needed? What requires removal or reduction? 2 QUOTES WORTH PONDERING1. Lebanese-American writer and poet, Khalil Gibran on living fully:
“Do not love half lovers Do not entertain half friends Do not indulge in works of the half talented Do not live half a life and do not die a half death If you choose silence, then be silent When you speak, do so until you are finished Do not silence yourself to say something And do not speak to be silent If you accept, then express it bluntly Do not mask it If you refuse then be clear about it for an ambiguous refusal is but a weak acceptance Do not accept half a solution Do not believe half truths Do not dream half a dream Do not fantasize about half hopes Half a drink will not quench your thirst Half a meal will not satiate your hunger Half the way will get you no where Half an idea will bear you no results Your other half is not the one you love It is you in another time yet in the same space It is you when you are not Half a life is a life you didn't live, A word you have not said A smile you postponed A love you have not had A friendship you did not know To reach and not arrive Work and not work Attend only to be absent What makes you a stranger to them closest to you and they strangers to you The half is a mere moment of inability but you are able for you are not half a being You are a whole that exists to live a life not half a life.” REFLECTION PROMPTS:
2. Writer, Donna Ashworth on our legacy (book source: 'Wild Hope: Healing Words to Find Light on Dark Days'): "If every single person who has liked you in your lifetime were to light up on a map, it would create the most glitteringly beautiful network you could imagine. Throw in the strangers you’ve been kind to, the people you’ve made laugh, or inspired along the way and that star-bright web of you would be an impressive sight to behold. You’re so much more than you think you are. You have done so much more than you realise. You’re trailing a bright pathway that you don’t even know about. What a thing. What a thing indeed." REFLECTION PROMPTS:
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