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“A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.” Abraham Joshua Heschel
I came accross this quote today while looking for something to inspire along with today’s 365 Self Portrait. Given that I am overwhelmed in dealing with my 92 year old MIL, this quote really struck me big time. It’s would be so easy to just leave my Mother in Law to the system and just hope that all works out for the best. However, I just can’t let that happen. I can’t just turn my back and not care. Hence I am her advocate. And I’m a good advocate. I see so many sick and elderly people with no one to care for them so they sit and whither away. So sad. I can’t take up all the causes . . . but I can certainly have an impact where I can. If each one of us had that approach to life . . . believing that we could make a difference in how we interact with others on a daily basis with a genuine heart and spirit . . . well . . . I only hope to inspire my Grandkids with that same spirit.
Today’s picture – is of my favorite necklace that I wear every day. I’ve had this necklace for many years. These little gold nuggets are from California, where I lived for 35 years. I was born in Northern Ontario, moved to Northern California when I was 13, and then back to my native country, to British Columbia, when I was 48. However, bits of my heart – like these bits of gold – still reside in California. I am so fortunate that I am able to visit them often – every few months at the least.
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“Today is an ephemeral ghost…
A strange amazing day that comes only once every four years. For the rest of the time it does not “exist.”
In mundane terms, it marks a “leap” in time, when the calendar is adjusted to make up for extra seconds accumulated over the preceding three years due to the rotation of the earth. A day of temporal tune up!
But this day holds another secret—it contains one of those truly rare moments of delightful transience and light uncertainty that only exist on the razor edge of things, along a buzzing plane of quantum probability…
A day of unlocked potential.
Will you or won’t you? Should you or shouldn’t you?
Use this day to do something daring, extraordinary and unlike yourself. Take a chance and shape a different pattern in your personal cloud of probability!” Vera Nazarian, The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration
I thought about this as I was “leaping” through the air on my way from San Francisco home to Vancouver, BC. What are the possibilities that this extra day every four years can bring in to one’s life? For me, this extra day found me headed home after a wonderful week of immersing myself in my kids and grand-kids – only to go straight from the airport to hospital – as it was discharge day for MIL who’s been recovering from a broken hip (she’s been in hosp since Jan 24th, surgery on the 25th). I knew that I would not be spending the next couple of nights in my own warm and cozy bed – but in her spare bedroom – just to make sure she was able to function on her own without any problems. I snapped this picture with my little point and shoot as I flew out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Tried to capture the Golden Gate Bridge – but didn’t quite get it.
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Nurture Self 365 