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How to Become a Modern Renaissance Person
A lesson from my late grandfather.
Last weekend, I was visiting my family in North Carolina for Thanksgiving.
For as long as I can remember, my grandparents lived in a beautiful home in the Western part of North Carolina. They lived an ideal kind of existence. When I imagine the perfect retirement, it’s similar to what they did for a long time.
However, that perfect retirement was changed this year when my grandfather passed away in early September.
It was a hard and sad time, but I want to use this article to talk about my grandfather’s life instead of his death.
Today, we’re talking about achievement, family, and what it means to live a good life.
You don’t realize how much time you have.
My grandfather was 87 when he passed.
He was a musician, a painter, and an excellent golfer. He was married for 65 years. He had 3 children. He was an ophthalmologist (eye doctor) by profession, but he did much more than that.
He had a private practice for 25 years in Kentucky and he and my grandmother built their ideal home in Pinehurst (a world-renowned golf community) and lived there for over 20 years.
