A Wake
Went to a wake last night of a father of a friend of mine. His time had come and in fact it was a release from pain when he finally decided to go. Everyone was milling around, friends, family, old and young talking in small groups, laughing, being sad. And as I prepared to leave, I was walking away and this young child, not old enough to walk was crawling across the church floor and his mom said, “sorry I just can’t keep him still.”
This child had the most open and loving smile I had seen for a while. It was a full on smile that lit up the room and I thought,’How amazing and how wonderful–here in the midst of death and saying good-bye to a dear one, here’s this child just being open, trusting and full of love.
In the midst of sadness there is joy, in the midst of depression there is happiness. We can’t have one without the other, and in the midst of death is life. It’s Saturday morning and I am about to go and workout at the ‘Y’ and I am going to do it with the same trust and love that I saw in that child last night. I have a choice and I am going to work that treadmill like it’s never been worked before!
Rock N Roll
Val
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