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What Are You Doing With The Rest Of Your Life?
It's not the destination, it's the journey.
This question reminded me of the song. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
I think prior to November 2019, the title question would have been easily answered by most people around the world to varying degrees. Now, with the first truly global pandemic since the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak wreaking havoc in most countries around the world, life’s journeys for many people have changed dramatically.
The life journeys of my wife and I are mainly in the rearview mirror as we are now in our seventies, but fate willing, we may still have more of a road to travel. We had planned to spend much of 2020 with our two sons, helping with their home and garden chores and spending time with the grandchildren by babysitting, teaching them silly games, drawing, reading books, and having the enjoyment of watching them grow and develop. Covid put an end to much of that.
We had also planned to spend time with our daughter who lives in the Columbia Valley foothills of the Rocky Mountains, an area of the country we really enjoy and want to explore more. We were also making tentative plans for some overseas travel to connect with family and friends and also visit a few countries still on our bucket list and perhaps, take a trip or two…
