Reflections on clocking one hundred years on this earth

Write a letter to your 100-year-old self.

Below is a letter to myself on clocking one hundred years in response to the WordPress prompt above:

Dear Heidi-Marie,

So you are one hundred years old? First of all we must thank the Lord Almighty for this feat! We shall say, like Samuel in the First Book of Samuel in the Bible in chapter 7, verse 12 that, “Ebenezer, thus far the Lord has brought us!” We thank God for your life!

I have a few questions for you, though.

Purpose

Firstly, after clocking one hundred years, have you fulfilled your purpose on this earth? Have you found out what God placed you on this earth to do and have you effectively done it? As a result, have you left your footprints on the sands of time? What will you be remembered for when you die? Can you, like Paul boldy proclaimed in 2 Timothy chapter 4 verse 7 of the Bible, say that, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”?

Goals

Moreover, have you achieved all your goals on this earth? Did you have a fulfilling career? Also, did you devote enough time to your family? Yet still, were you also able to travel as much as you wished to and see all those iconic landmarks? On the whole, were you able to make a positive difference in the lives of others? You have had one hundred years to do this.

Talents

Also, have you made good use of all your talents during these one hundred years? Or did you let them go to waste? At the end of your years, when you meet your Maker, what will your Lord and Master say to you? Will He, as in the parable of the three servants in the Bible in Matthew chapter 25 verse 21, say that, “Well done, you good and faithful servant! You have been faithful in managing small amounts, so I will put you in charge of large amounts. Come on in and share my happiness!”?

Health

Furthermore, are you in good health at one hundred years? Are you, as a result, mentally and physically fit? Do you engage in appropriate exercise for your age? As the saying goes, “A sound mind in a sound body.” Do you follow a balanced, nutritious diet?

Outlook

Last but not the least, what is your outlook in life? Are you young at heart? Are you also open-minded? Moreover, did you retain your sense of curiousity and adventure? Consequently, are you still learning new things at one hundred years? Age, they say, is just a number and you are only as old as you feel.

I hope that you can give me satisfactory answers to all these questions. As Socrates, the Greek philosopher, said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

Nevertheless, regardless of your answers to these questions, we give thanks and glory to God Almighty for enabling you to clock one hundred years on this earth! Please join me in singing the first stanza of the Methodist Hymn Book number 715 by Charles Silvester Horne:

“For the might of Thine arm we bless Thee

our God, our fathers’ God;

Thou hast kept Thy pilgrim people

by the strenghth of thy staff and rod;

Thou hast called us to the journey

which faithless feet ne’er trod;

For the might of Thine arm we bless Thee,

Our God, our fathers’ God.”

Yours truly,

Heidi-Marie

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