Gold nuggets III
Legacies
When we hear the word – legacy- we immediately think Money, Wealth, Windfall.
Many people have a last will and testament.
They have bequeathed their earthly goods in writing, after long deliberations
with partners and lawyers.
From: Showing Up For The Golden Years
In past generations, whole civilizations not only
allowed, but expected the older members to exchange manual labor for mentoring
and being the wise ones. Their task was to pass on history, knowledge, and
wisdom of the tribe to the younger members. No survival was imaginable for the
clan without that mentorship and the perfection of hindsight. It would have
left them vulnerable and likely to make the same mistakes over and over again.
The old tribes had it easy. Somehow, their
children and grandchildren were taught to revere their elders and listen to
their advice.
Today, people of all ages are kept so busy, they hardly have time to ponder their own lives, let alone integrate the gold nuggets from their elders. That means that spiritual or personal legacies have to be preserved until the children and grandchildren are ready to receive them.
One way to do that is to compose an ethical will.
From: Showing Up For The Golden Years
An ethical will can be a strongbox of common sense and
life lessons learned. It is a perfect place to give a heads-up to younger
family members about personal growth, being attentive to the inner voices, and
courageously following those voices.
…An ethical will, however, holds another potential. It
can be a perfect midlife vehicle to explore our values. It can be a review of
character traits, life expectations, goals met and missed. This process has the
potential to help us examine and understand ourselves, guide us in finding our
place in time and the door to our future. Why would that be scary or
undesirable?
Whisper of the
day:
Gather your life’s gold nuggets. They are
the true inheritance of a lifetime.
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