"THE END IS NOTHING, THE ROAD IS ALL!"

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"..........A JOURNEY  BEST MEASURED IN FRIENDS, RATHER THAN MILES."
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We are indebted to Willa Cather, early twentieth century writer, for the famous quote, "The end is nothing, the road is all." If she is not referring to the hereafter, but maybe old age and the end of activity, she may have been right.

Tim Cahill has said: "Life is a journey, best measured in friends, rather than miles." There, my reader, is one of the most astute thoughts I've read in a long time. Add "loved ones" to Cahill's quote and he's got it! Friends and loved ones. Possessions turn out not to be so important when one gets older.

Part of what Mil's Place is all about, is remembering people---FRIENDS we have met along the road. We have written about and extolled school teachers, college professors, mayors,
scoutmasters, mentors, ministers, writers, poets, musicians, marines/soldiers/airmen, cooks, mothers, athletes, and old schoolmates---many of them gone now.

All these people have been worthy, talented, loyal, and loving people who have helped us and been our friends...along life's road. We have even added a couple of "token" bullies, perhaps symbolic of the vicissitudes of life.

Now and then some young person will say something like: "You old timers like to dwell on the past, don't you?" That really doesn't bother me, for I have thought much about that very thing. I just say: (1) Well, my friend, if you live long enough, you too will have a past. (2) If you have lived honorably and well, your past will be worth remembering. (3) If the yesterdays of your life are not worth remembering, then your tomorrows probably won't be either. (4) So, may I say respectfully, don't knock it!

I hope that your journey has not been too bumpy, and that we all from time to time will remember those who have helped us...along the  road.
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JOURNEY QUOTES:
"The only journey is the one within." Rainier Rilke

"When you at last reach your Destination, you may find that you had never traveled at all! It was a journey from here to Here."  Maher Baba

"Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough." Charles Warner

"Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. Ir reminds us to cherish each moment because it will never come again. What we leave behind us is not as important as how we have lived."  Jean Luc Picard

"The road of life twists and turns and no two directions are ever the same. Yet our lessons come from the journey, not the destination."  Don Williams, Jr.
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BY MIL
10/28/12




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