Over time, so much fades away. Treasured belongings break or are lost, friends move away, and even the people who love us most can’t stay with us forever. What remains is the armature, the foundation which all of a life is built on.
What are the foundational truths which your life is built around?
Cherished memories of friends and family members are part of my foundational truths.
Our Natural environment ,our internal memories. Laughter
There are two bases on which I believe that I have predicated my responsibilities in life. One is LOYALTY. To those whom I have lived and worked with during the years, I have always tried to stand fast with them, through happiness or sadness. I have wanted them to know, even without words, that I am there, supporting them with my loyalty to them. The other base on which I stand is offering HELP to someone whom I see as needing it. I ascertain the situation and if I feel that I can, without danger, help them out of a predicament that they appear to be unable to solve by themselves, I offer help. There have been times when my offer was accepted and in fact solved an immediate problem for them. There have been other times during which I realize that I am not able to help or it is not accepted but perhaps the gesture counts for something good that has happened in their lives.
And yet, what remains is also altered by and through time. Monuments of metal and stone are eroded, chipped, recolored and sometimes reshaped by the elements and by time. Our most sacred traditions are altered by blurred memories, new thoughts and new contributions. Even our bones, our own basic structure, are changed by living and ultimately by dying.
You can lose people and things, but not love.
Sue, your comment about not losing love has made me think a lot about that. Love can be everlasting. I agree.