How Important Is History?
So here I sit at a precipice able to write a history for my sons and grandsons but opposing
there is the living of life. My days are full and I love it. My heart says it is important to take the time to write. At the end of the day I am tired. Projects sitting waiting completion but I embrace the quiet.
Life is wonderful and I realize I want to tell a story but age is a tiring thing. I have learned that giving all to the moment is wonderful. The joy of entering the world of others, specifically children is enticing and for this moment in my life it is as it should be. Sometimes the living out does the telling.
Perhaps there will be time in the future; perhaps I will find a way to accomplish both but
for now the living is more important than the telling. Now pops up the thought that if everyone felt that way there would be no history for someone must tell the story.
Hmm perhaps, just perhaps I can do both. For now it occurs to me….both is desirable.
November 3, 2011 at 4:52 pm
excellent I always enjoy your writing
November 3, 2011 at 2:20 pm
What wisdom: “for this moment in my life it is as it should be.” Lovely.
November 3, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Thanks Winsome…!
November 3, 2011 at 2:09 pm
I love hearing about my mom’s history. I just gave her a book with lots of writing prompts in it, like who was your first crush, etc. Once she fills it in, she gives it back to me.
November 3, 2011 at 3:42 pm
I had one of those given to me a few years ago when my first grandson was born and it was wonderful but very hard to fill in on some things. However time and remembering do come together! What a great gift!
November 3, 2011 at 11:27 am
Living is more important than telling is a great way to live in the Now…The reason I wish to write is because I don’t have much of an “outside” world of family and friends…you all live on the internet. Bless you ♥
November 3, 2011 at 3:43 pm
We may live on the internet Jackie but you mean more to us than you can ever know!
November 3, 2011 at 10:58 am
“the living is more important than the telling”… This line is perfection!
November 3, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Thanks Tori…not sure where it came from but it is a great line!
November 3, 2011 at 8:02 am
I think you are right in that both are desirable. Might i suggest that you buy a school notebook and just make notes in there, lists or scribbles or drawings, dates. When my mother died she took way too much information with her. Now it is gone, no-one to ask. And history is important. Young people long to know where they came from and what happened then.. anyway, just make a scribble history whenever a thought occurs to you.. not a heavily worded pressured one..those are my thoughts anyway.. c
November 3, 2011 at 8:17 am
Perfect answer Cecilia..what is so funny is I was thinking that exact same thing just before I read your suggestion…notebook is now firmly affixed at my side. Thank you!!
November 3, 2011 at 5:22 am
Both are wonderful but living life is more important. Enjoy your time!
November 3, 2011 at 8:42 am
Thanks Elizabeth…my mind is working on perspective as there are so many people..well just about everyone who have much busier schedules than I..I’m pretty sure with a change in attitude and a different approach I can accomplish all.
November 3, 2011 at 1:50 am
Sometimes the reality isn’t that appealing, it’s how you describe it. And because of that, i must encourage you to write more.
Everything thing goes with living
November 3, 2011 at 8:44 am
You are so right..we can only know the reality of the past through someone else’s subjective view ..and I do want to have my voice heard..it is all apart of the living! Thank you!!
November 5, 2011 at 1:09 am
You’re welcome.
November 5, 2011 at 10:10 am
I have gotten a little behind on my reading this past week but will catch up tomorrow!
November 2, 2011 at 11:56 pm
I started writing my memories for my grandsons rather than a history but hen blogging took over. Many of my blogs are memories so perhaps that will do for the present. Maybe sometime in the future I shall go back to writing Memories.
November 3, 2011 at 3:54 pm
The great thing Judith is that your blogging reflects your history and presents it in such a wonderful entertaining way!
November 2, 2011 at 11:28 pm
One thing that is good about getting older…we live our priorities. Happy decision making, Chris. Mother was supposed to write for our family and she simply could not do it. We have lots of fun filling in the blank spots with our own renditions and arguing over who’s accurate.
If we were famous, I suppose it would matter…
November 3, 2011 at 3:58 pm
We do live our priorities …even the famous cannot really get an accurate history or give one for that matter..it is so subjective and open to interpretation and I am pretty sure most of it is made up…one way or another..I am not really a fan of biographies particularly autobiographies because I distrust the individual remembrance of things…would probably be terribly boring otherwise!
November 2, 2011 at 10:33 pm
“Live today, write tomorrow”
November 3, 2011 at 3:59 pm
hmmm now that sounds like unusually wise advice…not that you can’t give wise advice..I mean..not that you are not wise..I mean….nuts…Thank you!