Margaret was an elderly woman I was transporting in the ambulance to the hospital. Alzheimer's had taken much of Margaret's memory. I was completing my paperwork and asked Margaret how old she was. Margaret replied, "I don't know." So, I said, "You know the old baseball player, Satchel Paige? He said, 'How old would you be if you didn't know how old you was?'" I told Margaret that I would be 24 years old, because that is how old I felt in my mind. Margaret had a window of clearness and said, "I'd be what I am, because my daughters still need my wisdom, and you only get that by living." Wow! Margaret may have forgotten many things, but she still knew the essence of who she was.
Have you identified things that the essence of you are? What you value? What tenets you live by? We must remind ourselves of these things often and reflect them in our living, for they reflect who we are.
Thanks for listening
