Who Is Important

I remember when I was younger, I read a book called Death of a Salesman, a story about a man named Willy Loman. He was someone who was obsessed with being liked in this world, and, in his view, the ultimate culmination of that was how many people would attend his funeral when he passed. It’s definitely a classic. As I was starting my career, coming into my own and figuring out who I was becoming, I remember being affected by this reading. After all, the cornerstones of our society are often marked with measurement of external success, money, appearance, status, etc. Wouldn’t an ample funeral attendance say it all?

I am grateful for those many people I have had the opportunity to meet along the way and will meet into the future. I am so, so fortunate, and thankful. If you are reading this, you are most likely one of them. With that said, I was recently asked by someone, “who are those people that are truly closest and most important to you? How did they get there? Has it changed over time”? This really got me thinking. After all, don’t they say that if a person is fortunate enough to have one person in their life that they could call a true friend, that one could consider that a life well lived? What if no one was at my funeral? What would that truly mean?

As I think about where I am today, I recognize that I have been blessed on both counts. I have truly been able to connect to a network of wonderful people who have helped me in countless ways. In addition, I also am fortunate to have that one true friend, so to speak. I hope you do as well. Thank you.

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