the Fulfilled Life

 I have been doing an unscientific study of women in their 30's and 40's who are unmarried.  I want to see how their attitudes and response to their situation in life resonates in their actions and activities.  The women I have been observing and talking to are all women who have desired to be married and have children but have not had the opportunity.  I have been impressed with the quality and talents of these women, their drive and intelligence.  There are two women, in particular, who have stood out to me, who have been acting as models of the best that a woman can offer.  They serve their community and all around them with quiet, humble determination and kindness.  I have seen one continually offering herself and her talents to lift and assist other women and children.  She has recently become foster care certified and has taken on the responsibility of serving and caring for children who need it the most.  The other woman is always serving by teaching children with patience and love.  I see her every Sunday bringing elderly widows to and from church.  These women, who I know dreamed of having their own family but have not had that opportunity, instead of getting desperate or wallowing in their lack of opportunity or feelings of loneliness, have reached out to fill the voids in others lives by sharing their talents and gifts to lift, care, and touch the lives of others.  They understand truly how to live a fulfilled life.  Life is not about the number of dates, friends, people who can flatter your vanity...a fulfilled life, is the number of people we can enrich and impact by our love and service.  These women represent the best that is in womanhood, and serve as an ideal to me in my quest to live a fulfilled life.  They prove in word, action and example that they are truly daughters of God.  When they stand before him to give an accounting of their life and how they spent their precious time on this earth, he will smile on them as their resume glows of how they touched and served others.   Thank you Tawna and Debbie, for being an example of the best in womanhood, and how to live a fulfilled life that enriches and impacts and creates a better life for others.