It’s the circle of life and the learning of appreciation. And it’s a learned state of being.
It’s curious how the death of someone that you really value can force you to face your own mortality but also, to appreciate life’s joy at the same time. And it happens at every turn of sadness. They say that wisdom comes with hindsight, but so does appreciation. As a child, road trips were the biggest yawn. I never understood how my parents could be in awe of mountain streams and bush, or a vulture circling a carcass. Only years later did I discover it for myself.
As a child, road trips were the biggest yawn. I never understood how my parents could be in awe of mountain streams and bush, or a vulture circling a carcass.And now the memories of hours of staring out car windows on the way to the coast come rushing back when I drive my kids to the sea.Not a natural point of departure for the essentially selfish creatures that human beings are. Friendship follows the same cycle.
These are the moments that one never forgets. And when I listen to The Smiths now, I always hear our chuckle and chat, too.And, as with a stone in a placid pool, what ripples out from your centre is the lessons you learn from others.A mentor on whose shoulders I was allowed to stand, who leg-upped me from a dead-end job to a career, shared with me one day that he was given a helping hand when young and directionless and I was the lucky recipient of one of his payback moments.
Follow your own playbook and wealth will find you in its many shapes and forms. After all, oodles of cash are only riches.ALSO READ:He’s worth millions, but drives an old sedan and couldn’t care less about keeping up with the Joneses.