Barbara Bush spoke with an eye to the eternal when she told the women
at Wellesley College,
"Cherish your human connections, your relationships with family and friends....
those human connections with spouse, with children, with friends are the
most important investment you will ever make.
At the end of your life,
you will never regret not passing one more test,
winning one more verdict,
or closing one more deal.
You will regret time not spent with a husband, a child, a friend, or a parent."
Discerning what is eternal isn't easy;
it is often comouflaged in the simple, ordinary things of life.
The termporal is brassy and demanding and loud.
It stands up and screams for our attention.
But we have to train our eyes to see the eternal
in the unlikely events of everyday life.
- Smart Women Keep it Simple
by Annie Chapman
