Just to be is a blessing

“Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.” Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel 
I believe him
I really do 
But, I have wondered more than once
Is there a point to all this?
I’ve had many friends become empty nesters
It’s a difficult transition 
Your life is drastically changed
Your home is too quiet
You have more time and less to do 
You ask yourself, who am I now?
It’s the same set of questions after a long illness 
John Templeton said,”Everyone has special talents, and it is our duty to find ours and use them well." 
So, who do you become after a big change?
Do you want to be a better you, in your part two?
What talent that may have gone dormant, can you revive?
It takes some work to be your best self
It takes time to create a good life
I know I am meant to be here, in this moment 
I wouldn’t have been given a part two otherwise 
I am writing these weekly musings as a way of using my life, to redefine who I am now
We are all here for a reason
Even a bad example has value
We are all connected in a very deep way
We breathe in the same air, under the same sky
We all love and worry
Laugh and wonder
Crave joy 
So, yes, just to be here is a blessing 
Our lives are holy things
Every
Single
Part
And Cleo Wade said it best, “The only way we can make the most of our lives is to make the most of our moments.”
Every
Single 
One