As we go through life, we acquire wisdom and
life lessons that can benefit others. One way to pass along your stories and
experiences is through an ethical will. Unlike an ordinary Last Will and Testament, an Ethical Will is not a legal document and has less to do with material possessions and more to
do with non material gifts and spiritual well-being. It's a love letter of sorts
for your family, friends and community.
Writing an ethical will benefit you. You receive the same benefits from blogging! It can:
- Help you to make sense of your
life and the aging process.
- Provides a way to share your
hopes, dreams and values with family and friends and your blogger friends
who mostly are strangers you met online that follow your blog and you
follow theirs.
- You learn a lot from reading
other blogger’s insight on life.
- Help you take stock of your
life experience and the values and wisdom that you have gained.
- You can share some chuckles
along the way and include some photos and how your week is going for you.
- I happen to love adding
animations to my blog to make it colorful and interesting to read.
- You can also vent when you have
had a bad day! And, cheers to a
wonderful day!
- As we age, so doesn’t our
lifestyle. With a blog, we have it
on record of how we are going down life’s pathway.
Regardless of your age, it is a good idea to
create an ethical will. You can choose to share thoughts. This is an ongoing process - put the document aside,
read it over as the years pass, and revise it from time to time as you see
fit. Also, add a “Time Capsule”, I have a box filled with years of
memories! Priceless!
It is just another form of writing; when I was
young, I started writing “Dear Diary”!
Same concept whether it is called a Diary, Blog, Personal Journal,
Ethical Will; it all means sharing your thoughts! You can elect to keep your blog private or
public.
We Post entries on our custom made blogs! So, whichever you choose to call it, an
ethical will or your personal blog.
Share it with your family and friends.
I found it the best way to share my experiences
and stories to my family and friends that live in other states. I come from a
very large family and I don’t want them to forget about me living here in
Florida as they are all basically in New England!
I also created a blog for my classmates of
1962! It is my pleasure to keep us all
together. We all live in different
states now and it is so heartwarming to keep connected. We were a pretty large class of close to 500. It is amazing to think we have all been
friends since grammar school, all through middle school and onto high
school. Not many people have experienced
that kind of friendship. Priceless!
A great idea for sure.
ReplyDeleteI know my parents did not have the time nor means to record as much as I can. I do know that I have wished a million times they had. There is so much I did not ask, so much that I missed.
ReplyDeleteWhat you have said here I have tried and quit a couple times, one was boing to be in the form of a book, it is still in the oven but the fire is out! (smile) I do hope to rekindle it.
Very wise advice. Of course you do that quite often, hit that nail on the head and the ball out of thepark.
Love from the Wildwood of Florida!
I'd never heard of an Ethical Will before, but do blog every day sharing my thoughts with whoever wants to read them. Having family and friends to share them with is indeed priceless !
ReplyDeletei have a diary/journal that covers a lot of this for my boys, when i am no longer here. i also have a living will which outlines much of what i want when i am no longer able to decide for myself. i started doing all of this when i was dx with MS and i am so happy i did!!!!
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