Posted by LynneDa on December 1, 2003, at 14:41:39
In reply to death, posted by geri122 on November 26, 2003, at 15:09:47
Hope you don't get sick of hearing from me, but I was out this weekend and didn't get in on your current thread at the beginning. I was just re-reading the earlier ones.
Here's a thought for you. Maybe the people you know now wouldn't be effected by you not being there anymore (of course I don't believe that, but I'm continuing your train of thought!), but what about all the people you don't know yet? How many people will you meet down the road at college, jobs, church or whatever activities you do? How do you know that you aren't going to impact one of their lives in the future?
The whole trust thing is a very hard subject. Getting burned by friendships and love is one of the hardest things we have to deal with as humans. But, it's not what happens to us . . . it's how we react to it that really counts and that is where you have a choice.
Here's another one of my favorite platitudes, attributed to Katharine Hepburn: As one goes through life one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
You can make this time in your life count, Geri. You have no idea who or what is ahead for you!
~Lynne
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