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for tomorrow is promised to no one....

Today is the 6th day of the 50th week, the 15th day of the 12th month, the 349th day of 2017 [you only have nine shopping days left], and: 
  • Bill of Rights Day --  the United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly on this day in 1791
  • Cat Herders Day
  • Free Shipping Day
  • International Tea Day
  • National Cupcake Day
  • National Lemon Cupcake Day
  • National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day
  • National Wear Your Pearls Day
  • Underdog Day
On this day in...

1891 - James Naismith, from Almonte, Ontario devises The Rules of Basketball, inspired by a childhood game called Duck-on-a-Rock. He had been asked by staff of the YMCA's Springfield Training College to devise a good indoor phys-ed activity to keep a group of incorrigible students busy during the winter months. A week later, on December 21, 1891, Naismith's students will play the First organized basketball game in Springfield, Massachusetts

1895 – Houston received 20 inches (51 cm) snow, its largest snowfall from one storm on record.

1939 – Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.

1965 – Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7.

1966 - Walt Disney died at age 65.

1970 – Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet

1973 – The American Psychiatric Association votes 13–0 to remove homosexuality from its official list of psychiatric disorders

1979 - Photo editor Chris Haney and sportswriter Scott Abbott devise the Trivial Pursuit board game, with a current events theme; form investor group with Haney's brother John and friend Ed Werner, and 30 others, including a copyboy from their newspaper; raised $40,000, rented an office and paid some of their help with shares; First 1,100 sets cost $75 each to manufacture; sold to retailers for $15 a game; took off at 1983 New York Toy Fair when distributed by US game company Selchow and Righter; now in 19 different languages

2000 – The third reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shut down.

2001 – The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 spent to stabilize it, without fixing its famous lean.

 

 

 
Sounds like good advice, neh?  Endorsed by Steve Jobs who commented “If you live each day as it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right” , Ray Charles who quipped “Live each day like it's your last, 'cause one day you gonna be right”,  and by various life coaches who point out the need to make every day count,  it was refreshing to me when I found that not everyone thought it was a great idea.  For one thing?  Like so many things, awareness of your mortality needs to be taken in moderation, not a pathological and pathetic fear of dying.  For another?  You don’t want to sacrifice long-term planning for instant gratification, especially not when it comes to financial planning.  Gloomy thoughts for only 10 days from Christmas, neh?  I usually am pretty moody on this day, or at least I have been since 2005.  You see, today in 2004 was Frank’s last day on Earth.  I don’t remember anything remarkable about this day – not what we did or didn’t do, not what either of us were wearing, whether or not he was at the mall that day, not how the day ended.  There was no consciousness or premonition that we were doing things for the very last time, that there would never be another Wednesday for us together.  What would we have done differently if we had known?  The list, I suppose, is almost endless but mostly involves touching people, saying good-bye and telling them how much they meant….

When you come right down to it, you really cannot live every day on the edge of forever, now can you?  The mundane, everyday, trivial things may not seem that important or be what you remember, but they have to be tended to or life itself stops.  We cannot be mindful and present 24/7, or at least I cannot and I rather suspect that anyone’s brain, soul and spirit would simply burn out under such unremitting pressure.  We can, however, be more mindful of the present, letting go of the past and not wishing our lives away for the future.  My one solid takeaway from what happened with Frank is that I need to always make a point of saying good-bye and telling my family that I love them, even when I am in a hurry or the kids are fractious,  because that Thursday morning was one of the few times that I did not say that to Frank, and I never had the chance to say it again, and that regret still brings the tears stinging to my eyes after all this time.  




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