This week, Angela offers us a meditation on life, on the living and the dying of life. She reminds us to take the time to pause and consider, to become aware of what we often take for granted, to remember and be grateful.
I find Angela's writing a true gift.
A man died today...a husband, a friend, a dad.
As his family prepares to acknowledge his passing, one of the most difficult days of their lives, the willows weep with the green of youth; the forsythia echoes the radiance of the sun; the grass grows tall and the birds twitter through their nesting process.
Everywhere there are signs of new life, of beginnings; whispers of what tomorrow could bring. Arrangements are made, for a place, a service; for flowers and food and music; a gathering to commemorate a life that has seen its time arrive and depart.
There is such stillness in death. It envelopes the partners who meet to embrace the memories of someone who has continued on without them.
And even as these people gather, life flows onward, never mindful of what is lost, what is left behind.
It is up to us to remember...
In the garden, even as new life grows, I have sometimes vague, often vivid, recollections of favorites that no longer linger. They too have passed.....the clematis that covered the garage, a cacophony of blue and purple; the white lilac, the roses and phlox that no longer adorn my beds.
We must be ever mindful that every thing has its lifetime. If we are to lead fulfilled lives, we must fill our moments with the wonder of the world that surrounds us every day… the people we love, the trees that bring us life and shelter, the flowers that bring us beauty, the animals that bring us joy, because they may never pass this way again.
Angela
Thank you very much, Angela, for this.
Earth Family First,
I find Angela's writing a true gift.
A man died today...a husband, a friend, a dad.
As his family prepares to acknowledge his passing, one of the most difficult days of their lives, the willows weep with the green of youth; the forsythia echoes the radiance of the sun; the grass grows tall and the birds twitter through their nesting process.
Everywhere there are signs of new life, of beginnings; whispers of what tomorrow could bring. Arrangements are made, for a place, a service; for flowers and food and music; a gathering to commemorate a life that has seen its time arrive and depart.
There is such stillness in death. It envelopes the partners who meet to embrace the memories of someone who has continued on without them.
And even as these people gather, life flows onward, never mindful of what is lost, what is left behind.
It is up to us to remember...
In the garden, even as new life grows, I have sometimes vague, often vivid, recollections of favorites that no longer linger. They too have passed.....the clematis that covered the garage, a cacophony of blue and purple; the white lilac, the roses and phlox that no longer adorn my beds.We must be ever mindful that every thing has its lifetime. If we are to lead fulfilled lives, we must fill our moments with the wonder of the world that surrounds us every day… the people we love, the trees that bring us life and shelter, the flowers that bring us beauty, the animals that bring us joy, because they may never pass this way again.
Angela
Thank you very much, Angela, for this.
Grief Will Come To You
Grief will come to you.
Grip and cling all you want,
It makes no difference.
Catastrophe? It's just waiting to happen.
Catastrophe? It's just waiting to happen.
Loss? You can be certain of it.
Flow and swirl of the world.
Flow and swirl of the world.
Carried along as if by a dark current.
All you can do is keep swimming;
All you can do is keep swimming;
All you can do is keep singing.
Gregory Orr
(How Beautiful the Beloved)
Web version: www.panhala.net/Archive/Grief_will_come_to_you.html
Gregory Orr
(How Beautiful the Beloved)
Web version: www.panhala.net/Archive/Grief_will_come_to_you.html
Media:
Articles:
Articles:
Reverence for Life by Albert Schweitzer
http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=3713a
http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=3713a
Gratitude
http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=3641
7 Gratitude Ways
http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=3641a
http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=3641
7 Gratitude Ways
http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=3641a
Monday, June 8th is World Oceans Day.
For information on our oceans, The Ocean Project and World Ocean Day go to: http://www.theoceanproject.org/wod/
The week of Monday, June 8th to Saturday, June 14th is International Rivers and Oceans Week.
To find out more, go to: http://www.cwf-fcf.org/en/what-we-do/issues/water/
Sunday, June 14th is Canadian Rivers Day. 
For information on Canadian Rivers Day go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Rivers_Day
For information, photos and stories about Canadian rivers, check out The Canadian Heritage Rivers System at: http://www.chrs.ca/Main_e.htm
For information, photos and stories about Canadian rivers, check out The Canadian Heritage Rivers System at: http://www.chrs.ca/Main_e.htm
I hope you do check out some of these websites.
When we walk by a creek, cross over a bridge, look out onto the ocean, let's celebrate and be grateful for our blue planet.
Earth Family First,
maureen
(Photos by Google Images)
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