The Purpose of Life

Beautiful words but if I was going to add something I would say, "if you do all of this, it will bring you happiness or contentment" . These words are similar to some writing my late wife wrote many years ago, maybe even before we got married. She was a thinker and a writer and could express herself very well. I've read lots of her writing, pretty much everything I could find since she died 4 and half years ago, she is still teaching me. My partner now has read some of her writing and made the comment my wife had life worked out a long time ago.

It may be a little different or vary a bit for individuals but generally these words still ring true.

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In the 5 years since she died, a lot of people have been very kind to me, I've experienced a really good side of humanity in that sense. People wanting to help in however they can, whether it is giving me time to come back to them with an answer to a question, so lots of patience, to having me for meals, dropping things off to me, wanting to talk to me or checking up on me. Its giving time, and in a sense caring about the trauma of death & loss others experience. I have a new partner, we meet nearly 3 years ago and took our time, she had lost her husband to cancer also and she had experienced the same things I did, in fact much more as her kids were younger, so she was a single mum raising 3 teenage kids. We've talked about the good side of people we've experienced and we now try to help others when we can.

Before that loss & tragedy struck we were kind & giving people but focussed on our kids and family and friends mostly. We would make donations to charity and think not much more of it but having received care and support & help, it does make you want to give back. I learned in a hard way there is a lot more to life than I had thought & experienced.

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