Lisa F
is a very wise woman
- Joined
- Feb 22, 2000
It's just a building isn't it? I understand the history of the building, but losing it doesn't give me the urgency to travel at all costs. Losing a friend or family member to illness or accident in the prime of their life always reaffirms to me how precious life is. Buildings can be replaced.
Well it is more than just a building, but it does remind you that nothing can be taken for granted and you should not assume there will always be a "tomorrow."
That said I do agree that you need to try to balance things. After my divorce I was a single mother starting her career all over again and it doesn't matter how "in the moment" I wanted to live... travel was not happening. It was just not in the budget. My son was diagnosed on the spectrum, adhd, anxiety and I dug myself into a hole paying for the early intervention that he needed to be so successful 7 years later. I don't regret it for a second but no matter who had died in my life or how I felt about living in the moment, vacation was NOT happening at that point.
7 years later I have worked my butt off to be where I am and I can afford a vacation every so often but I still can't afford to just drop everything and live for the moment (I will have been saving for my next cruise for 2 years by the time I take it). It's a luxury to be able to do that that many people cannot afford. But the loss of a great icon does make me glad that I spent a summer in France in college and get to see it and sad that it has been destroyed and hopeful that they will rebuild so future generations will be able to experience the splendor. I have no doubt my son will experience it, but not this year.