Yes, let's create a tidal wave of peace!

Well, as I bounce back and forth between despair and hope, I will remind myself to remember what Deepak says above, especially this part:

"I want peace, harmony, laughter, and love in their life and the life of all beings." ~ (((Deepak)))

Sometimes it's hard to keep the peace when one's world is turned upside down, but I suppose not impossible. Not unlike all the enlighten folks here who are creatures of perfect peace .... and then one day, we all die that horrible physical death as our spirit watches.

Cheers! (even if I have to pretend)
Char

"When you understand that you aren't alone in your suffering, there is the birth of love.

When there is love there is the opportunity for peace." ~ (((Deepak)))

Yes, Char, when you feel all alone, remember that at least God is there all the time, if you will just open up your heart and accept the flow of love that brings peace. In pain, when we want to close up the most, this is the most critical time to remain open ....

(((Char))) ... I hug myself and pretend it's God, which it is kind of :-)

Yes Char,

That is the simple fact we all have to deal with, getting older, we will all die. Therefore it is so important to find that peace within oneself.

I had a neighbour who suffered from depression that started when her children were in their teens, the most difficult period for parents.

She suffered from it on and off and never could tell me what was really bothering her. On the outside she was a beautiful looking woman, who took good care of herself, was married to a nice guy and beside being our neighbours, they became very good friends.

She became a grandmother of four grandchildren, first a granddaughter, then a grandson, and after that a twin: a boy and a girl. She did everything for those grandchildren but when she finally had to admit that she was physically not able to anymore, her children, who were used to her helping, didn't appreciate that and overloaded her with reproaches. It is sad, but true.

Finally she heard from her doctors that she suffered from intestine cancer and had only a few more months to live.

At that moment she really started to live and orchestrated her whole funeral and wrote everything down that should be done with her body when she had died. For the first time in her life she told her family what she wanted.

Two days before she died I visited her and she asked me: Mieke can you already feel that spring is in the air?. I can really smell it and it always reminds me of that add on television where that seal comes out of the sea to the shore and that beautiful song that is playing in the background: It's a beautiful day, the sun is shining.

It was at the end of January and it was indeed a very mild day.

Two days later she died and at the moment of her death a thrush was singing on top of the roof of her house and she and I became one with that thrush in a cosmic feeling of unconditional being.
She will always be with me.

Yes, spring was definitely in the air. And everytime I hear a bird sing, she reminds me what life is really all about.

Cheers! from us, the big pretenders :)

Mieke

#3 Oh Meike, what we can see in the pearl of your friend's story!

Here a tear rises in lieu of the falling short.

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