October 7, 2009

• Thoughts running through my mind…

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  “I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge - myth is more potent than history - dreams are more powerful than facts - hope always triumphs over experience - laughter is the cure for grief - love is stronger than death”

  ~Robert Fulghum

   

  I love this quote it always seemed to carry so much truth for me.  Tonight I make my way to Las Vegas one of my favorite places.  Two years ago I was flying out here on this very day, for a very special occasion.  My Son’s wedding…October 7, 2007.  I am so very proud of him and his beautiful wife, as you all know they just recently moved into a charming place of their own.

  In remembrance of their beautiful wedding, I have inserted the video that I put together in celebration of their wedding.  Enjoy that tribute to them and one of the most precious memories that I will hold in my heart and mind forever.

   

   

  “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

  ~Mahatma Gandi

   

  This is another one of my favorite quotes.  Over the last week I have been touched by a few individuals that have lost a love one.  A Father, Sister, Friend listening to their heartbreak always hits home for me.  It is true that none of us are immortal, but for some, our time on this amazing place we call earth is cut short, fleeting moments in comparison to others.  Perhaps that is why it seems so many of us move so quickly, live so intensely, love so deeply.  We know in our hearts our time is limited and we try to drink in, change all that we can in life, saving the world, leaving it a better place, working feverishly to complete all that we have set out to do.  Perhaps this is why we appear as that astounding man on Ed Sullivan, juggling all those plates, we can’t stand to drop one, it would be one task we do not complete before we pass beyond this world.

   

  

   

  “I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather... Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.”

  ~Wil Shriner

   

  I was text by a friend today; he had received some bad news regarding his health.  My heart goes out to him, I can so relate, because as many of you know my health has been an issue for me over the past few years.   So to you my friend I can truly say I understand.  Hearing news regarding your health, it is at these times that the “what ifs” sneak into your mind. 

  They creep in softly as you try to shake them away, remembering the so many blessings that you have received in your life.  We all have “what ifs” from time to time.  It is at that time we think, what would we want to tell our loved ones…what would we want them to know.  Perhaps I think of this more because my own father past quickly, unexpectedly at the age of 64.  As the one left behind, I know that there are many things I would have loved to had the chance to tell him. So tonight I write this for my family and friends…hopefully if my time comes before theirs they will find their way to my xanga site and read what I would want to convey to them.

  Death is a natural cycle of our life and it can never truly separate us.  I have not left you, I have just slipped away into the next room.  I am still very near to you.  Everything is exactly as it was.  I am I, and you are you, and that wonderful, loving life that we shared together is still untouched, unchanged and our love is never ending and unbroken.  Truly whatever we were to each other we still are, that cannot be changed.  Call my name out in that old familiar way.  Speak about me just as you always have.  Please put no difference in your tone.  Wave away that air of sadness and solemnity, rejoice.  Laugh as we have always laughed, joke and smile, play and share life as we have always done.  Think of me, pray for me.  Let my name stay a household word, spoken with not a shadow of a ghost upon it.  Life has not change; it is the same and means all that it ever meant.  Why should I be out of your mind, just because I am out of your sight? Each time you feel a gentle breeze it is my hand caressing your face, it carries my voice to you whispering your name, saying I love you.  I am not gone, I am just in the next room; I am waiting for you and will welcome you when it is your time to cross over.  All is well and all is as it should be. Truly nothing has changed.

   

  

  So one more quote for my dear friend tonight…

  Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.”

  ~ Robert Cody

   

  To all my Xanga Friends, what would you want to tell your family and friends if your time has come…write it out, give it to a friend, leave it in a certain place…don’t miss that chance to tell them.

   

  

  Have a great week………and prayers to all.

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