In a few more days it will be 2018. The years zip by and we pile up a lot of memories, if we're fortunate enough to remember them. Karen and I have been a lot of places around the United States and we do generally recall a lot of the experiences, but have trouble putting them in the right order or recall the dates we went where we went. Karen has been reading the archive of obituaries from the Morgan County, Utah newspaper website and a lot of the names are very familiar and bring back memories of friends, classmates and family acquaintances from her dozen, or so years in small town Utah.
I occasionally Google names from my past and try to find out where people are and what they are up to, or if they have passed away. It's inevitable that someday, others will be doing the same "research" on us. Hopefully, the memories for them will be as interesting as the ones we recall when we read about our friends from the past. But the key to it all, is to leave a legacy which makes people smile, think of us in a kindly way and hopefully have lived a life which blessed others and did a minimum of harm or damage. All of us have done things we may not be proud of, or which leave a bitter taste for our friends and family, and for us.
We can't undo the past, but we can commit to making our today and each tomorrow one which rights the wrongs, uplifts others and encourages those around us to strive for the best they are capable of. We're never too old to not be able to break a bad habit, do good and avoid doing or saying something which causes our legacy to be less than we would want it to be. Life goes on, the years fly by so quickly, but we do have the capacity to make them memorable for us and those around us. Thank You, Lord, for the journey You have arranged for us, and for journeying with us every step of the way.
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