Eight words.

[bljones]

I found this idea elsewhere, and thought I would pass it along.

Can't think of a gift for the person who has everything?
Is your budget, like so many of us, too tight for extravagance?

Give from your heart. Give eight words of advice, eight words of thought, eight words that mean something. write 'em down, and hand 'em out.
The best gift you can give are your words. It's what is remembered.


This post was inspired by a writer's last eight words her mother spoke to her:
"Always order dessert and never buy cheap carpet."



What are your eight words?

Merry Christmas to all of you.

[jackdale]

My mother's last words to me.

She was in a hospice with lung cancer: I scheduled for my first Around Vancouver Island. I was reluctant to go.

She said, "Go sailing, you're the last of the Vikings."

My maternal grandmother is Icelandic.

I was in Blind Channel when I got the word. I buried her at sea.

[RAGNAR]

Treat others as you want to be treated.

[Faster]

We most regret the things we didn't try.

[jrd22]

Tie loose the lines, the world awaits you.

[Izzy1414]

[WanderingStar]

More than eight:
The strength to change what I can,
The grace to accept what I cannot change,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
Less than eight:
Only kindness matters.