Gerard Manley Hopkins, a poet and a priest, died of typhoid at the age of forty-five. His last words were reportedly: “I am so happy. I am so happy. I loved my life.”
What is fascinating is although celebrated today for poems such as “Pied Beauty” and “God’s Grandeur,” in his lifetime, Hopkins is thought to have been perhaps bi-polar. He struggled to find employment and his work was not published until 30 years after his death.
And yet, at the time of his death, he could say “I loved my life.”
Is there perhaps no better goal? No better aim with the days we are given than to love our life?
Do you love your life? If not, what might need to change, be added, or re-focused?
We are thinking of offering a webinar called “To Love Your Life” to further explore this idea. If you, or someone you know, might interested, please email us at info@on-emotions.com.
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