This is a letter from a friend who is in Asia right now. Far away from home, he has lost may things close to him, but keeps on moving forward with such grace and beauty which completely mesmerizes and inspires me.
I wrote him about my upcoming eye doctor appointment (he also had one nasty story of an eye operation that almost made me pass out cold after reading about it) about the death of his mother last year, and how leaving a city which he once called home, to uproot memories and emotions can be both a painful and liberating experience.
This was his reply.
Thank you B - thank you for understanding and letting me understand you too.
jeez, tears in my eyes and heart. you get it, and then some. thank you so much for taking the time to share all of this. so felt and appreciated. and i really hope the appointment with the doctor goes well. keep me posted on that.
as far as mom goes... that one hurts like no other. something i thought about yesterday while walking though, is that it's important we don't go into some sort of depressive inner retreat when dealing with such matters... and thus become a little more closed off.
these things are already hard enough ... like trying to grow flowers from a soil made of concrete. no sense in making the equation any more difficult to piece together and decipher.
the focus should be on the flowers before you, with no attention paid to how long they'll last. immerse yourself in the goodness of them now, and then remain a dominion for more to grow from later.
it's all we can do. be strong. i know you have it within you to do nothing but this.
b
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