My best friend and I promised each other in college that we'd live lives that mattered, but now at forty we have completely different definitions of what that means and we're both disappointed in each other's choices. We're carrying the same promise forward but it's driving us apart instead of keeping us connected.
More people experience this than they realize.
Promises made in youth can become sources of mutual judgment rather than connection when life leads people toward different interpretations of the same commitment.
“Where Are You with What you take with you — the inner legacy that death carries away?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.