LIFE IS A JOURNEY
Life is but a stopping place,
A pause in what’s to be,
A resting place along the road,
To sweet eternity.
We all have different journeys,
Different paths along the way,
We all were meant to learn some things,
But never meant to stay.
Our destination is a place
Far greater than we know.
For some the journey’s quicker,
For some the journey’s slow.
And when the journey finally ends,
We’ll claim a great reward,
And find an everlasting peace,
Together with the Lord.
MY OWN COMMENT
Also together with those we love.
I was sad because I’d never hear your voice again
Then realized words you once spoke are forever with me
I can’t reach out to touch a hand that’s not there
But I am touched by and still feel your spirit
I longed to see you, not just your photos
I looked at our son and there was your smile
You are not gone – we are part of each other
I know God has plans for our future together
His chair remains empty,
His laugh can’t be heard.
To all of my questions,
He says not a word.
I need him to hold me,
I long to hold him.
My arms are still empty,
The outlook seems grim.
When long days are bleak
And lonely the nights
How can I see him?
He’s out of my sight
Although it is broken,
My heart holds the key.
My love still can see him.
He’s right here in me.
My Love,
Don’t grieve for me. Bodies die but love does not. We all must live in an earthly body for a time, but this part of my life is over and real life is opening before me. I know that you miss my earthly presence, but be comforted by the knowledge that you are still part of my life because our spirits are stil joined. I am not gone, but continue to dwell with you.
We are both being tenderly held by God, who understands our pain and will use our suffering as well as our achievements in marvelous ways that will contribute to our heavenly happiness.
The difficulties surrounding my leaving the natural world are now of no concern to me as I understand the bigger picture. Forgive me for my imperfections and mistakes. We both have regrets, but here things that once seemed important are put into perspective. As I see life more clearly in the light of eternity, my memory of upsets of life in the world dim and disappear while the true essence of our relationship grows stronger.
When you come over to the real world we will be reunited completely. Our love will then be unencumbered by earthly illness or concerns. Bodies suffer from aging and illness, but the spirit endures. You are not your body, nor was I. I am now in a world where my body is a true reflection of my spirit. The body I now live in is strong and young, free from afflictions and limitations of the natural body I left behind. Though we can’t touch physically, I continue to be touched by your love and the beauty of your soul.
Time on earth seems to go slowly, but in reality it is only a short time until you will join me. The beauty of the world I now live is beyond what you can imagine. Your tears of sadness will instead be tears of joy when I welcome you here.
Peace be with you until then.
“The presence of that absence is everywhere.” Edna St. Vincent Millay
All the moments and places he or she should be with you this Christmas are filled with “that absence.” Look also for his or her presence, and know the love isn’t gone.
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“Death leaves a heartache
no one can heal,
love leaves a memory
no one can steal.
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It occurred to me that my last post might not be comforting, as intended. Rather than my deleting it, let me explain. I believe the reality of our being spiritual beings, who for a time live in natural bodies, can help us to understand that we are not completely separated from our partners. Our spirits – our love for one another continues. Maybe my last post would just make us want to join them now. No, we are still here for purposes that will contribute to even greater possibilities for our happiness together. It’s difficult to feel or understand this when we long to be with them, but I believe they understand and experience this. They are with us and a part of us in ways that we can’t fully appreciate.
We are spiritual beings living in natural bodies. On reflection we know that our spirits, our loves, thoughts and feelings, are more real than our physical bodies. Your spouse is now a spiritual being living in a spiritual body. This body a true representation of his or her spiritual qualities. When we next see them, we will recognize them immediately because the qualities we love about them will shine in their appearance. When we see, hear, and embrace them we will discover how real and superior the senses of the spirit are.
“…it is physically very healthy to cry, regardless of whether or not it feels awkward or embarrassing socially. The reason people will frequently report feeling better after a well-placed cry is doubtless connected to the discharge of stress-related proteins; some of the proteins excreted in tears are even associated with the experience of physical pain, rendering weeping a physiologically pain-reducing process. Conversely, the state of clinical depression – in which many of the body’s self-healing processes appear to ‘shut down,’ including, often, emotional tears – is most likely exacerbated by the tearless victim’s inability to adequately discharge her pent-up stress. Psychologists refer to freely weeping as an important stage in the healing process. But although this notion may appear to be psychological in origin, involving the confrontation of one’s own grief, it also just applies physiologically: crying can reduce levels of stress hormones.”
What this means in simple language is – It is important and useful to cry when you are grieving!
All Is Well
Death is nothing at all,
I have only slipped into the next room
I am I and you are you
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used
Put no difference in your tone,
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household world that it always was,
Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It it the same as it ever was, there is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near,
Just around the corner.
All is well.
Henry Scott Holland
1847-1918
Canon of St Paul ‘s Cathedral
