Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
National Siamese Cat Day – after seeing Lady and the Tramp I was prejudiced against this breed of cats until my daughter adopted three. Kula was mine for over eight years and I miss him very much.
In 46 BC Julius Caesar triumphs at the battle of Thapsus, which was the start of the conquest in three weeks of what is known as “Roman Africa”. In 1652 Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck establishes a resupply camp at the Cape of Good Hope that eventually becomes Cape Town. In 1909, explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson became the first men to reach the North Pole -- this has been disputed. Some say that Frederick Cook was there a week earlier but in 1989 the Navigation Foundation upheld Perry’s claim [another example of the mutability of “historical fact”]
While most of us SAY that we understand death is an inevitable journey that we all must take, we tend to LIVE as though we are going to always be around. The whole idea of writing your epitaph while you are still alive is twofold, I think. The one idea is to get you to thinking how you want to be remembered. “They” [all those wonderful self-help gurus who worship productivity and constant improvement] want you to examine your life, determine your purpose, set your goals and priorities, work towards achieving your desired outcomes, and when the end comes, your contributions will speak for themselves and you [and supposed the world at large] will know that you are [or were] who you wanted to be. Another idea is that the epitaph is one last chance for you to say what you want to say after you are gone to your loved ones or to the general public [unless you are an author in which case “epitaph” has an entirely different connotation.], like a tag line. I’m not sure that this last usage means anything to me on a practical basis because I will not have a tombstone that will engrave my final comment, just a born and died date along with my name – and I doubt it will be my full name [which I don’t think my kids even know since it includes my confirmation name and ex-husbands’ names and now seven names long]. Certainly the “sayings” that come out of my mouth with appalling regularity through the years wouldn’t be appropriate: “Life is not fair, cope.” “Tomorrow is promised to no one.” “No regrets.” Maybe something along the lines of “Now I know what is on the other side” ?
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