A Life Well Lived
Today, this world lost a great man. My Mom lost a beloved brother. Today, I lost an Uncle whom I loved dearly. Today, I also lost the Pastor I grew up with, the Pastor that baptized me, and the Pastor that married me. Today, the world truly lost a wonderful, Godly man. When I think of Uncle Fred, I think about my conversation with my Son when we discussed his end being near. We discussed his life as being the absolute definition of "A Life Well Lived". That got me thinking, and I found this when I googled the phrase: "A life well lived cannot be measured by salary, or title, or job satisfaction. Nor can it be measured by accolades, or friendships, or tasks accomplished. A life well lived cannot be measured in likes, or tags, or retweets. A life well lived is measured by love, by sacrifice, by joy. A life well lived is measured by intention, by action, by motivation. A life well lived is measured by how many times you smiled when it would have been easier to