Part 13: The Fabric of Life & its Masterpiece

Each of us spend a large part of our time
Weaving dreams … colorful dreams… beautiful dreams
With the fabric of life.
And as we stand back from moment to moment
And take a look at the picture that seems to unfurl
We feel so happy…
It all seems to look so beautiful…
So beautiful that it all seems PERFECT.

But then sometimes there is a knot
And the threads seem to get intermingled
And we struggle to set it right
Sometimes we succeed… sometimes we don t
And the thread breaks
And the picture is left incomplete…
That's when we realize
How frail…
How delicate…
How fragile…
The fabric of life really is!

Yesterday I lost someone I knew
Someone – a part of the family
Someone we loved and someone who loved us
But it was not the call of old age
It was not her time we said
There were years that needed her to live
There was time that was left un-spent
There was so much …
So much that Cancer could not understand…
And so she had to go

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I sat by myself last night
My heart going out to all those who were closest to her heart
I didn't know what to tell them
No words of mine could ease their pain
No words… nothing at all

And I wondered in grief
What about that picture of life that she was weaving
That couldn't have been complete yet
Could it?
And that is when I felt a gentle breeze from the near past
A breeze that brought back with it leaves of memories
Of moments when she made life so much beautiful for everyone around
Through a caring hand
Through a kind word
Through a loving smile
Of times when she fought against that dreaded disease
And still through that struggle
Never let go of hope
Always smiling
And living on
For those whom she loved

And then I realized
That her picture was indeed much more than just complete
For through her life and through her love
She had filled in so much in such short time
That the final picture of a life lived
Was now indeed a Masterpiece!

Good people never die
Their picture is never left incomplete
Their lives never end
For in the hearts of their loved ones
They live on . . . Forever

May her soul rest in peace and may God bless and keep her family always.