Milestones are a great invention of mankind. They tell us where we're going, even when we don't know where we're going.I find myself at such a cross road today. My daughter just turned 21, finishing college with an eye on Grad school. My son just graduated high school last night and is 3 weeks away from plunging head on into the Army. I'm still 2 months away from my first anniversary of breaking my back in the "Great Louisiana Car Crash of '07", and 4 months away from my first anniversary of my new business. I turn 51 this Friday and my 24th wedding anniversary is 2 days after our son leaves for Basic Training. It's a good thing that I have these Milestones to hang onto, or I just might be blown away.
Our, should I just let go and be blown away? The answer my friend, to quote Bob Dylon, is blowin' in the wind. I recall when I turned 21 thirty years ago, I wrote a song titled 21 and the chorus was,
I'm 21
Riding the sky with the evening sun
Dance with the moon
We'll be too old too soon
Old child, new man begun
I'm 21
These past 30 years I have discovered that the old child never disappears and the new man is always beginning!
In uncertain times perhaps embracing uncertainty is just what the Divine ordered. Too often we let our milestones become millstones hanging around our necks and drowning us in our own sorrows, cares of the day and other peoples advice on what we should do.
It's a fine line between inaction, which breeds despair, and unceasing action, which propels us towards burn out. It's OK just to BE! Trust in the wind and where it blows you and soon you will trust in yourself and your destiny again.
So, my fellow Knights and Ladies, as I hoist my sail once again in these tempest winds, join me in a hearty battle cry as I sail off into the unknown...confident that I will be where I'm supposed to be.
ARRRR!
Sir Hook the Pirate Captain and Milestone Reader of Warrick
"Its better to burn out than to fade away.. :))"
ReplyDeleteThats one of Neil Youngs:
"My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)"
My my, hey hey
Rock and roll is here to stay
It's better to burn out
Than to fade away
My my, hey hey.
Out of the blue
and into the black
They give you this,
but you pay for that
And once you're gone,
you can never come back
When you're out of the blue
and into the black.
The king is gone
but he's not forgotten
This is the story
of a Johnny Rotten
It's better to burn out
than it is to rust
The king is gone
but he's not forgotten.
Hey hey, my my
Rock and roll can never die
There's more to the picture
Than meets the eye.
Hey hey, my my.
Hooky why die wondering?
Sir Dayvd
"You're never too old to rock n roll if You're too young to die!"
ReplyDeleteJethro Tull
Excellent message. Oh, and tomorrow I'll post a picture of several fellow Knights on the Legends Bowling Team. That, my friend, will be another milestone: Blog Number 250! (If I've added them up correctly).
Sir Bowie of Greenbriar
Today we sent our youngest off to her last day of "all day at school" as she gleefully said. Half days finish up high school and college will be late morning classes and short days since she'll be in charge of planning!
ReplyDeleteWhere have these years gone?!
The great part is we've all been there together and will continue to be as life brings new stages.
Sailing along with you,
Lady Suzanne of Greenbriar