I am not going through a mid-life crisis, although I'll forgive you for thinking so. I don't think mid-life crisis' are this mild and this un-life-shattering.
But lately I've wanted to re-evaluate my life, see where I'm going right and see where I'm going wrong. And correct it.
A couple of recent incidences have brought this on.
Last month, a guy I know died in a bicycle accident. He had three children, the youngest barely three months old. He only two years older than me.
It was startling and tragic and not unusual. Accidents happen. But I wonder how often they happen to great men. This guy was probably in the top 10% of people in the world. A contributor to society. And I suppose the top 10% get in 10% of the accidents. And the dregs of society, the bottom 10% probably get in 10% of the accidents. So 80% of the accidents involve people who are not too good and not too bad. And it is tragic and you hate to think of it happening, but it is what it is. But when someone who is, say, 95% good dies in an accident, it feels a bit more shocking.
And it was shocking. I wouldn't call him a friend, but we were friendly. He was an acquaintance that I admired. And he was a universally admired in Yuma. The funeral procession was led by the teen bike club that he helped found.
And of course, it made me consider my life and my wife and children.
Just a few weeks after that, a 35 year old childhood friend was called to be the Bishop of his ward. It was very surprising, non-surprising news. Non-surprising because he is a great, tender guy. The kind of guy you'd want as a bishop.
And yet surprising because I've never thought of Bishops as "great guys." Great Men, yes, but not great guys. Bishops and Great Men are older than me. 'Great Guys' and Elder's Quorum presidents are my age and younger. And when somebody I grew up with goes from Great Guy to Great Man, it means I should at least start thinking about becoming a Great Man myself.
By Great Man I don't mean Bishop. Heaven forbid. I wouldn't wish that on Kim Jong Ill. But I'd like to be a serious, good, kind man.
I know I'm not a horrible person. I won't spend the next few blog posts beating up on myself. But every once in a while I get itching for a mild course correction.
Last time I had one of those, I ended up in Great Britain.
These are the subjects I plan on discussing.
Politics
Family
Religion
Career
Goals
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8 comments:
I really enjoyed reading that. Who was called as Bishop?
Chris Card. Isn't that cool?
add disney to your list and I'm in for a serious discussion.
Yeah - cool. As in, I weep a little for his family, cool.
Wild, I didn't know Chris was called to be a bishop. That's interesting that that was one of your wake you up incidents.
You are probably the funniest blogger I read. Thanks for the posts, I really liked the next one about Deborah as well.
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