So this morning, I meditated on this:
A good life is not a life without disappointment,
sorrow and pain,
it is a life in which we handle disappointment, sorrow,
and pain with grace.
A good life is not filled with argument,
but listening, not revenge, but compassion,
not endless noise, but sweet silence,
a good life runs machines, not submits to them,
a good life does not war against death,
or torture the elderly and the animals with
unwanted medicine,
but ends in affirmation and sweet goodbyes.
A good life is not just about me,
but you too.