All Good Things Must Come to an End

I remember writing a blogpost once about my lack of will power and follow through.  I think that myth has been dispelled with this blogpost today.  This is my 180th blogpost! And they said it wouldn’t last.  My posts have been read over 5000 times.  Thank you, readers!!

But sometimes, things that you think will last forever, don’t.  Today is my last blogpost. We all change. It’s part of our human nature.  I have been changing as I grow older. I am becoming more self reflective. That increased self reflection has led me to the decision to turn my writing inward. Maybe I will spend the next years writing that ever elusive great American novel.  Maybe I will write some poetry worth publishing.  Maybe I will spend my last years watching TV from the sofa. Okay, that last one is doubtful.

I’ve had fun writing my blog.  I think I introduced small town life in the ’60s to a lot of people. I enjoyed writing about my hometown of Slatington, the best and most underappreciated small town in the Lehigh Valley.  I know I have written about, or at least mentioned, the Beatles often.  Their music and their influences follow me still.

I’ve tried to teach little lessons in my blogposts.  Not that I have led such a wonderful life that I presume I can teach others how to live. My lessons come mostly from mistakes I have made in my very fallible life.

So, that’s it. I wish all of you well. I hope you have the best life you can possibly have. Don’t beat yourself up about bad decisions. They are a part of life. Try to find contentment with what you have right now. It is more than what most of the world has.  I hope you find love in your life that shakes you to your core, that makes you want to be a better person, and that loves you with no reservations and conditions. Lastly, get outside and enjoy nature! Its beauty and wonder is out there, just steps away.

I’ll end with the Beatles. “And in the end…the love you take…is equal to the love you make.”