10.17.2022
Unfortunately, it's rarely a good thing. While it can be a blessing to those in times of transition, we just hope they can feel it's for the best. Or not feel the pain of their bodies shutting down.
I'm a fan of many things, but the lessons in humility rank right up there with true love. I've gotten doses of such lessons at different times in my life, but none that create the introspection as a loved one moving on. There's just something about being forced to accept that you'll never hug your loved one again.
Personally, I've experienced loss in several different ways. Very few had provided me with immediate solace. Some messages dropped me to my knees immediately, while others had me retreat into myself, knowing it was in reality a gift.
Since the early 80s, I've made it a point to openly hug, never parting without some loving gesture, and often, since becoming a parent in the late 80s, telling close ones I love them. I know what it's like to get the phone call of a sudden loss, and the trauma that comes along with it. It touches me every day at some point, in varying degrees. It helps me to focus on humility, which increases my compassion, and my love for human beings....and all animals.
So today's lesson on humility is almost complete. Call your folks if you're lucky enough to still have them. Contact your siblings, your family, family friends that are just like siblings, and anyone else you keep tucked in your heart. They're the gift that keeps on giving. Hard feelings, of which I'm guilty, need not remain harnessed. It'll ruin you, eating you up from the iside out. That ain't no way to be, y'all.
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