Someone asked me to
reflect on what I would want to remember 20 years from now. As I’ve reflected over the last
40 years, I’ve remembered many wonderful memories, people who have left
indelible marks on my life and things about which I’m not exactly proud of
happening.
As I look forward
to the next 20 years of my life, I’ve identified some things that I hope as I
am approaching my 60th birthday that I will look back over the next
two decades and be proud of achieving.
I believe most of
all, I will want to remember the friends who have been such an important part
of my life over the last 40 years and will hopefully be a part of my life going
forward. Friendship is something
I truly view as a sacred gift.
Certainly, there are friends I am closer to than others, but being
someone’s friend and confidant is one of the highest callings I know in this
life. I am blessed to have
friends who love me in spite of myself.
It is my friends who give my life meaning and hold me up when I feel
like everything else in the world is falling apart. I want to be able to
remember 20 years from now that I’ve always been the friend that I would want
my friends to be.
I want to remember
travels that I will take. I want
to travel out of the United States.
At 40 one thing I am somewhat embarrassed to admit is that I have never
been out of the country.
I want to remember
the education I will receive. As I
discussed in a previous posting, I want to further my education. I want to look back with pride
knowing that I accomplished this goal of receiving a Master’s. Ideally, I would like to have a
doctorate by the time I’m 60, but I’m going to set my sights on a Master’s and
go from there. Whatever the case,
I want to do something that will make a difference in people’s lives. While I want to earn degrees, I also
want to continue to educate myself musically, by continuing to add piano
repertoire and I also want learn a foreign language.
Lastly, one thing I
want to look back on in 20 years is love.
I have had two long-term relationships in my life thus far, and I truly
believe that the love of my life is still out there. I don’t know if I’ve met him yet or not. Whether I’ve met him yet or not, I am
looking forward to the day when we begin writing our story as a couple. I believe it is just a matter of
time, and I believe that I am currently in the process of being made ready for
that time to arrive. Maybe that sounds simplistic, but it’s how I believe.
Here’s my
confession: I believe the best days of my life have yet to come. I am excited about the future. While I know that the future will
hold the inevitable heartache and disappointments that come naturally with
life, I am also confident that the happiness, peace, and, indeed, love, I long
for are right there waiting for me.
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