What Would Jesus Think?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Death cannot harm my soul. Killing can.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

You have thrown us multiple life-lines.
You have sent multiple life-guides.
You have provided multiple life-paths.
All bring us to you. Rome is only a detour.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“’Have yourself a merry little Christmas. Let your hearts be gay.’ – But only your hearts.”

[He must look on in silent wonder at what we do to celebrate His birthday.]

D. Blog: Golden Years

They call these our “golden years,” and we are fortunate enough to feel that way – for now at least. I have heard from many people that this period, after children have left the nest and after full-time employment, can be the busiest time of life.

I don’t know about busiest. If we say fullest, however, I agree. If we say the time when we engage in the most self-selected activities, I agree.

We are free of certain obligations and able to do more things that we want to do. We have more time for leisure, hobbies, volunteer work, friends, travel, etc. Of course there’s also time for reflection, time to do the integrating that Erikson identified as part of this period of life, hopefully making sense of our lives and acknowledging our place in the universe. And it is good.