Surely the biggest gift you can give yourself is within yourself? Take time-out to reflect on your own positivities, your own gifts from life, your specific family and friends, your decisions made and what you have learned from them. What have you learned about yourself? What do your friends see in you? What made happy times be happy times. We can each draw from these. What will our grandchildren say about your qualities? Why not start your family time capsule with, and for, them? Do not dwell within yourself but take a time-out visit there now and then. Do not wall in the echoes of yesterday but do listen to them. Having lost my wondrous wife I found that life still moves on. She moved through life with a forcefield of grace and compassion. I still gain learn from my reflections as reflection upon those beyond our self still live within our self. We may feel we move through life in single file but, in reality, we can draw from ourselves and those who have love and friendship for us on that journey.

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