I wonder if I have done anything significant with my life? Did I make a difference? Is the world a better place because I have been here? These are some of the hardest questions I will ever try to answer! How about you?
Even though it is hard for me to figure out if I have mattered, it is easy for me to look at others and describe how they matter. Take one of my best friends. She has been an inspiration to me and many, many others. She is gentle, generous, and kind. She combines her talents for art, gardening, and cooking to create a peaceful retreat. Visiting Ann at her home is a reminder to each of us that the world is, indeed, and beautiful place. I return home inspired to be a better person.
Would you share with us a story about one of your friends who has been significant to the world around her?
Women & Aging 
I have not reached “Mother Teresa” status yet – which I
had hoped for, but in looking back over my very ordinary life, I realize I gave what I had when I could. I have had my share of little triumphs and my share of tragedies. I hope I handled them with some degree of grace.
Our significance can only be judged by those whom we have come into contact with. Perhaps the smallest act was significant to someone. Perhaps our biggest “achievement” was not.
Significant people in my life: my father who passed on his whimsical sense of humor, my Aunt Trell who laughed at my foolish antics, my Aunt Mary who drug me along (on her dates) to concerts, and, really everyone who has loved or liked me.
This is beautiful.
Alice French http://www.womenandaging.net
Why don’t you ask a hard question? Have I done anything significant with my life? Yikes..maybe I will be like many famous artists who aren’t significant until they die! Maybe it is for others to judge. That’s why you asked for stories about others who have been significant to us, your readers. Today, you are significant for making me think.