A Testament

I was struggling with the choice of returning to school to complete my PhD. Of course I still am... I weighed the pros and the cons and I still didn't know what was best for me to do. But just as I was going to say aww, just forget figuring it out, an idea of cleaning my basement treasures pop into my head. So I went down to the basement started discarding old and donatable stuff I came to my memorabilia of my children's home made gifts which hi love til this day and my certificates of classes I had taken, degrees that I had completed. I suddenly started categorizing what accomplishments I had made with each of them. Who I help? How I made an impact on life with them. However more than that I realized a lot of the certificates were what others wanted me to do and some fee my ego to hear how smart or well versed I was. That part stung like the Dickens....did I want this PhD to show off yet again or was it to better then next stage in my life? Yes I had plans or goals of travelling for the next five years and yes I knew thee was life after fun but what and who would I affect. Well days later, a wise man spoke to me and said do it for your children, education is never limited by age we limit ourselves. We sometimes do things for all the wrong reasons but how ever its done it affects are lasting on the ones we create relationships with. And that includes past and present, new and old, even the ones that have ended. I stopped having the nagging temple headache and my ego quieted itself for the purpose of listening to the Spirit. Pure purpose is the foundation for success and making a difference.