Finest Post Nominations - May 2024

Snippet by @jayasala42 - Being Charitable
Life has humbled me enough that I don't judge other people's decisions or prescribe the right behavior for them. However, when I see people willfully avoiding estate planning, even when they have property and money spread across numerous accounts, I find it perplexing. My best guess is that it stems from a denial of mortality.

Thank you, @iyerviji and @Thoughtful, for bringing this post to nominations. I hope it will serve as a reminder to many to update their life documents. It reminds me of two poignant yet funny letters I wrote to two dear friends to be opened were I to pass away before my older child could take care of my younger one. Well, I am still here, kids old enough : ) And the letters are now moot. I will one day edit out a few portions and post them as a snippet. They remain one of my favorites from my writings.

 

One of my favorite nomination combos is when @iyerviji nominates a post by @anika987. It brings together two of IL's finest, and the resulting post is always worth reading and reflecting upon.

Post by @anika987 - Random Musings On A Friday Evening..

The post had 17 valid, perceptive and sagacious observations on life and people. But my question is why the best one was left without a number. Why not give it the number 18? : ) Namely this one: Real revenge is to LEVEL UP!!!

Each observation could be forked off into a thread of its own! Pending that, our dear Viswa @Viswamitra penned an equally insightful inline response for each of the observations. After a long time, read this Sanskrit line: Yad Bhavam Tat Bhavathi. यद् भावं तद् भवति

If you haven't yet, I encourage you to go read both Anika's and Viswa's posts.